CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (2016)

Government Record · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · March 18, 2016

CDC, March 2016: national opioid prescribing guideline. CDC says it received more than 4,350 public comments, including from industry, and revised the draft after considering them. CDC's own account of its process.

CDC received more than 4,350 comments from the general public, including patients with chronic pain, clinicians, families who have lost loved ones to overdose, medical associations, professional organizations, academic institutions, state and local governments, and industry.

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CDC, March 2016: national opioid prescribing guideline. CDC says it received more than 4,350 public comments, including from industry, and revised the draft after considering them. CDC's own account of its process.

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