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Medical leaders: CDC must revise 2016 opioid guideline
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32764
Subject(s) - guideline , discontinuation , opioid , scope (computer science) , disease control , medicine , opioid epidemic , pain control , psychiatry , anesthesia , computer science , environmental health , receptor , pathology , programming language
Numerous pain management experts and medical groups are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to revise and broaden the scope of a 2016 opioid prescribing guideline that they say has harmed many patients who have been subject to forced tapering or discontinuation of opioid medication.