Description

Claudia and Bev discuss the updated CDC Guidelines with Dr. Sarah from Maryland. They answer the following questions:

• Is it an improvement?
• Are the 2022 Guidelines more or less restrictive?
• Will it help pain patients?
• Were limits from the 2016 Guidelines a misapplication or was it intentional?
• Did the CDC violate their own guidelines on how to create guidelines?

Links from discussion:

• Telebriefing for updated CDC Guidelines Nov 9, 2022
• CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - Dr. David Tauben UW TelePain - March 23, 2016
• Dr. Jane Ballantyne - TelePain - What the New CDC Guideline Mean for Prescribers - April 27, 2022
• Dr. Jane Ballantyne - Alternatives to Opioids - PDFNJ - March 30, 2023
• 2016 CDC Guidelines
• 2022 CDC Guidelines
• The Doctor Patient Forum's docket comment on 2022 CDC Guidelines
• Study by Dr. Jason Doctor - Effect of Prescriber Notifications on Patient's Fatal Overdose on Opioid Prescribing at 4-12 Months

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