CDC opioid guidelines at-a-glance
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created a visual summary of its opioid prescribing guidelines, the CDC Policy for Prescribing Opioids for the Treatment of Pain.
This four page document presents an overview of the opioid overdose epidemic in the U.S. and summarizes each of the 12 clinical recommendations discussed in more detail in the full CDC opioid prescribing policy.
Find the full CDC Policy for Prescribing Opioids for the Treatment of Pain here.
Note: The CDC guidelines do not constitute regulations or necessarily state the standard of care in North Carolina in every context. However, the Board’s believes that the guidelines provide useful information to licensees related to the appropriate considerations to be made prior to and during treatment plans involving opioids.
