CDC issues draft opioid prescribing guidelines for chronic pain.

The article offers information on the U.S. federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its draft guidelines for opioid prescription for pain issued on December 14, 2015, with a 30 day comment period and comments due January 13, 2016. Topics include the issue of overprescribing opioids for chronic pain, the guidelines' inapplicability to methadone or buprenorphine prescription for opioid use disorders, and guidelines for starting and continuation of opioid therapy.