Guideline Resources: Clinical Tools
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The Guideline for Prescribing Opioid for Chronic Pain is intended to help providers determine when and how to prescribe opioids for chronic pain, and also how to use nonopioid and nonpharmacologic options that are effective with less risk. The clinical tools below have been developed with you, the primary care provider, in mind, to help you carry out the complex task of balancing pain management with the potential risks that prescription opioids pose.
Pharmacists’ Brochure
Pocket Guide: Tapering
Nonopioid Treatments
Assessing Benefits and Harms
Calculating Dosage
Turn the Tide Pocket Guide
Related Pages
- Page last reviewed: August 30, 2017
- Page last updated: August 30, 2017
- Content source:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
- Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention