Guidelines

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the guidance on Oct. 10, 2019.

PAMED and other key stakeholders developed voluntary prescribing guidelines on everything from chronic non-cancer pain to prescribing for orthopedics and sports medicine. See all guidelines on this page.

The CDC's voluntary guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain includes 12 recommendations, and is intended for use by primary care clinicians in outpatient settings.