Opioids Case Study
CDC GUIDELINE FOR PRESCRIBING OPIOIDS FOR CHRONIC PAIN-------- UNITED STATES, 2016
CDC developed and published this guideline to provide recommendations for the prescribing of opioid pain medication for adult patients in primary care settings. Recommendations focus on the use of opioids in treating chronic pain (pain lasting longer than 3 months or past the time of normal tissue healing) outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care and end-of–life care. Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines can ensure patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment while reducing the number of people who misuse, abuse or overdose from these drugs.
Before starting opioid therapy
CDC developed and published this guideline to provide recommendations for the prescribing of opioid pain medication for adult patients in primary care settings. Recommendations focus on the use of opioids in treating chronic pain (pain lasting longer than 3 months or past the time of normal tissue healing) outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care and end-of–life care. Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines can ensure patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment while reducing the number of people who misuse, abuse or overdose from these drugs.
Before starting opioid therapy