CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain--United States, 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Primary care clinicians find managing chronic pain challenging. Evidence of long-term efficacy of opioids for chronic pain is limited. Opioid use is associated with serious risks, including opioid use disorder and overdose.

Objective

To provide recommendations about opioid prescribing for primary care clinicians treating adult patients with chronic pain outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care.

Process

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated a 2014 systematic review on effectiveness and risks of opioids and conducted a supplemental review on benefits and harms, values and preferences, and costs. CDC used the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) framework to assess ev

SUBMITTER: Dowell D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390846 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature