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CDC begins to backtrack on its pain guideline, saying it was ‘misapplied’
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32349
Subject(s) - guideline , disease control , pain control , chronic pain , medicine , psychology , anesthesia , physical therapy , environmental health , pathology
Last month, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) took what many view as a first step toward retracting its now‐infamous “Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain” issued in 2016.