New CDC Prescription Pill Guidelines Aim to Curb Opiate Abuse
With fatal overdoses from prescription pills quadrupling since 1999, the Centers for Disease Control has issued new guidelines for doctors for prescribing opioid pain killers.
Doctor Supports Recommendation of Limiting Opioid Treatment for Chronic Pain
In an effort to curb the widespread abuse of opioids, the Centers for Disease Control released a recommendation to doctors on Tuesday to find non-opioid alternatives before turning to narcotics for chronic pain.
