Opioid prescriptions could drop even further under updated US recommendations that encourage clinicians to seek alternative pain therapies, especially for acute conditions such as low-back pain.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday substantial revisions to its Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, updating recommendations on the use of opioids for acute pain, including tapering the use of opioids for patients who are already taking them. The initial guideline focused almost exclusively on chronic pain, but the version released Thursday also includes recommendations for treating shorter periods.
The changes follow a $13 billion tentative agreement ...
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