From the Partnership to End Addiction:
Guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2016 aimed at making opioid prescribing safer may have led to shorter prescriptions with lower doses, a new study suggests.
The guidelines say clinicians treating acute pain should prescribe opioids at the lowest effective dose, and for no longer than the pain is likely to last — three to seven days in most cases.
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CDC Guidelines May Have Led to Shorter Opioid Prescriptions with Lower Doses