Federal health officials on Thursday abandoned their influential recommendations that opioid prescribers should aim for certain dose thresholds when treating chronic pain.
The changes came as part of a proposed update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s controversial 2016 guidelines on opioid prescribing. The recommendations are an attempt from health officials to strike a balance between limiting the harms that can come from long-term opioid use; allowing for physicians to come up with individualized plans to treat their patients; and encouraging reductions in dosages when it can be done safely and with patient buy-in. Read the rest…
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