States Restrict Opioids Issued for Acute Pain

(Fall 2017) Long-term opioid use and abuse often begins with treatment of short-term pain.  In reaction to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidelines issued last year cautioning providers about prescribing opioid painkillers for chronic pain, at least 17 states have approved laws curbing the prescription of painkillers. Some states have passed legislation that caps opioid prescriptions to a week or less and others have given the nod to dosage limits.

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