Opioid Prescribing Guidelines From US FDA Could Be A While After NASEM Report

National Academies report identifies gaps in the existing data – including on the question of whether developing prescribing guidelines would even have an impact on the opioid epidemic.

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NASEM has released its report on developing opioid prescribing guidelines.

It could be a while before the development of evidence-based guidelines on appropriate opioid analgesic prescribing for acute pain, as many gaps in the data on the topic still exist.

That's the conclusion of a report released on 19 December by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine...

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