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CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – United States, 2022
Overview
Recommendations for clinicians providing pain care, including those prescribing opioids, for outpatients aged ≥18 years. It updates the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016, and includes recommendations for managing acute (duration of <1 month), subacute (duration of 1–3 months), and chronic (duration of >3 months) pain. The recommendations do not apply to pain related to sickle cell disease, cancer, or to patients receiving palliative or end-of-life care.
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Date: November 4, 2022
Contact: practice@apta.org
Content Type: CPG
Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+), Young Adult (19-24), Middle Aged (45-64), Adult (25-44)
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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