Blog excerpt: New opioid prescribing guidelines created to stem addiction

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December 16, 2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formally announced a draft of its new opioid prescribing guidelines on December 14th. The guidelines aim to stem the rise of opioid addiction in the U.S. while still providing pain relief to patients who need it.

Read the full blog post here.