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Chris McGreal

US health agency accused of bowing to drug industry with new opioid guidance

Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin on a shelf
OxyContin is the powerful narcotic pill that kickstarted the US’s opioid epidemic. Photograph: George Frey/Reuters

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been accused of bowing to drug industry pressure after releasing new guidelines that doctors say put lives at risk by rowing back on warnings about the dangers of opioid prescribing.

The latest CDC guidelines have caused controversy after dropping specific limits on dosages and lengths of prescribing from a key summary of recommendations used by physicians.

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