Use New Guidelines to Reinforce Safe Opioid Use

January 2023

You’ll see more emphasis on individualizing opioids for noncancer pain in adults...due to updated CDC guidelines.

The big change is the removal of specific recommendations, such as limiting acute Rxs to 3 to 7 days...or a max opioid dose of 90 morphine milligram equivalents (MME)/day.

These limits led to opioid policies from payers, states, etc...and unintended consequences (untreated pain, withdrawal, etc).

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