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The CDC's 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Prescribing aims to support clinicians in providing safe and individualized pain care, considering evidence and patient experiences.
Pain affects the lives of millions of Americans every day and improving pain care and the lives of patients with pain is a public health imperative.
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The updated guidance advises clinicians on prescribing opioid drugs in adult outpatients with short- and long-term pain.
For the first time since 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidelines for clinicians and patients on the use of prescription opioids to treat short-term and long-term pain.