On Nov. 4, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an updated guideline for clinicians treating adult outpatients with short- and long-term pain, replacing its 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CDC's official MMWR publication, PubMed listing, and Federal Register notice, all corroborating the Nov. 4, 2022 release date and replacement of the 2016 guideline. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.539 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- CDC releases updated guideline for prescribing opioids for pain (seed:health_and_medicine)
- CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids ... (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36327391/ (corroboration)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/21/2022-25264/cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-for-prescribing-opioids-for-pain-united-states-2022 (corroboration)