Episode 21 - 4/6/23
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Claudia and Bev discuss the updated CDC Guidelines with Dr. Sarah from Maryland. They answer the following questions:
- Is it an improvement?
- Are the 2022 Guidelines more or less restrictive?
- Will it help pain patients?
- Were limits from the 2016 Guidelines a misapplication or was it intentional?
- Did the CDC violate their own guidelines on how to create guidelines?
Links from discussion:
- Telebriefing for updated CDC Guidelines Nov 9, 2022
- CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - Dr. David Tauben UW TelePain - March 23, 2016
- Dr. Jane Ballantyne - TelePain - What the New CDC Guideline Mean for Prescribers - April 27, 2022
- Dr. Jane Ballantyne - Alternatives to Opioids - PDFNJ - March 30, 2023
- 2016 CDC Guidelines
- 2022 CDC Guidelines
- The Doctor Patient Forum's docket comment on 2022 CDC Guidelines
- Study by Dr. Jason Doctor - Effect of Prescriber Notifications on Patient's Fatal Overdose on Opioid Prescribing at 4-12 Months
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