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 own MMWR publication, official press release, and PubMed listing, all corroborating the date and content of the guideline update. [tier=silver indep_score=0.539 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday]
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://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/media/releases/2022/p1103-Prescribing-Opioids.html (corroboration)