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The Survey Says…the CDC Opioid Guideline Needs to Be Honestly Assessed

The Survey Says...the CDC Opioid Guideline Need to Be Honestly Assessed by Lynn R. Webster @LynnRWebsterMD

One-Year Anniversary of the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline

On the one-year anniversary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) opioid prescribing guideline, an online survey of patients, doctors, and healthcare providers conducted by Pain News Network and the International Pain Foundation (iPain) found that the guideline has “harmed pain patients, reduced access to pain care, and failed to reduce drug abuse and overdoses.”

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