Update on the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain

Sunday, March 26, 2023

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Location: Convention Center, Room 124B

CPE Credit 1 Hours

Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Credit

ACPE Number: 0202-0000-23-009-L08-P
Activity Type: Application
Number of Hours: 1

Speaker(s)

Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, DrPH, MPH (he/him/his)

Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Presentation PDF

Disclosure(s):

Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, DrPH, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

In late 2022, CDC published an update to its 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guideline, the CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain – United States, 2022. The updated Guideline includes an expanded scope to include additional focus on acute and sub-acute pain as well as chronic pain and has been revised to incorporate the latest science and lessons learned from the 2016 Guideline based on feedback from patients, providers, and the public. This must-attend session will be led by Christopher Jones, PharmD, DrPH, one of the authors of the updated Guideline. The session will cover similarities and differences in recommendations between the 2016 and 2022 Guidelines, practical clinical considerations to support implementation of the Guideline, and place the updated Guideline within the context of the evolving overdose crisis.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss the motivations for updating the 2022 CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline
Describe the scientific updates and structural changes to the updated 2022 Guideline aimed at providing the latest science on pain treatment and mitigating the potential for misapplication of the Guideline.
Identify practical considerations for implementing the Guideline in various outpatient and office-based clinical practice settings.
Place the Guidelines in the context of the evolving overdose crisis in the United States and the ongoing need to improve the lives of patients living pain.