The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers that encourage doctors to use their best judgment, removing its previous recommended ceilings on doses for chronic pain patients. This is the first comprehensive revision of the agency’s opioid prescribing guidelines since 2016.
“The overall thrust of the recommendations was that doctors should first turn to 'nonopioid therapies' for both chronic and acute pain, including (...) ibuprofen, as well as physical therapy, massage, and acupuncture,” reported The New York Times.
