On Nov. 4, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an updated guideline for clinicians treating adult outpatients with short- and long-term pain, replacing its 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
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- CDC releases updated guideline for prescribing opioids for pain (newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org)
- CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids ... (cdc.gov)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36327391/ (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/21/2022-25264/cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-for-prescribing-opioids-for-pain-united-states-2022 (federalregister.gov)
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