Chronic pain is common, multidimensional, and individualized, and treatment can be challenging for healthcare providers as well as patients. In response to the critical need for consistent and current opioid prescribing guidelines, the CDC released the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.

This guide equips clinicians with information for treating chronic pain in adults living with a history of substance use.

This brief provides guidelines on prescribing Opioids for Pain.