The CDCs new guidelines are targeted at primary care physicians and family doctors who write the majority of prescriptions for opioids and other painkillers. “Notably, the agency recommends doctors prescribe opioids only after other therapies have failed and rely on the lowest possible doses,” STAT reports.
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