CDC Proposal for new guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic conditions

[captain queeg]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/health/cdc-opioid-pain-guidelines.html?smid=url-share

Hope it’s not behind a paywall. I found it in a forum I belong to for myeloma patients. They want to give prescribers more flexibility, moving away from the hard and fast limits that have been a reaction to the national opioid crisis. It encourages non narcotic treatments and discourages using multiple drugs concurrently, but allows more freedom in dosing. I haven’t had to use narcotics for several years after my last back surgery, but I was diagnosed with myeloma at that time. Being monitored regularly but it has not progressed. I was bed ridden in pain for a few months back then. Once they found the myeloma they initially thought that was the source of the pain but there were other problems that were resolved by the surgery. Still, I would hate to find myself in that kind of pain again and not have access to strong pain meds.

[mucifer]

1. I hope so We have a hard time prescribing opioid to the kids in our palliative care program. Lots of

calling public aid or insurance begging to keep or increase a med. We do use more gabapentin and clonidine for pain than we did years ago which is for the best.

Luckily, for the hospice kids it's not an issue at all.

I'm glad your pain has improved.