By Andrew Joseph Nov. 3, 2022 Reprints PATRICK SISON/AP Federal health officials on Thursday updated their recommendations for using opioids to treat pain, removing specific dose and duration targets that pain experts said had caused unintended harm. The new guidance, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reflects the evolution in thinking of how...
By Andrew Joseph Feb. 10, 2022 ADOBE 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...
