The CDC has updated their guidelines for doctors who prescribe opioids to their patients for long and short term pain.
The CDC just released new recommendations for patients who are prescribed opioids to treat long and short term pain.The 12 recent recommendations, the newest from the CDC since 2016, are focused on treating short and long term pain.
They include advising clinicians against abruptly discontinuing opioid prescriptions, or rapidly reducing a patient's doses.Before prescribing opioids, doctors are advised to review the patient's history of controlled substance use.
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