PHM-14 - Hugs vs Drugs: Debating the 2022 CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Friday, September 9, 2022

3:40 PM – 4:30 PM

Location: L3/Gracia 3

Co-Presenter(s)

Michelle Krichbaum, PharmD, BCPP

Clinical Director for Pain, Palliative, and Substance Use Disorders
Broward Health Medical Center
Nova Southeastern University
Sunrise, Florida
Neil Miransky, DO

Corporate Medical Director of Palliative Medicine
Broward Health
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Slides

The far-reaching consequences of the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain were numerous. The guideline affected patient equity and access, but also payers, regulatory standards, and, in effect, redefined the standard of care. In 2022, the CDC created a new draft of the guideline in recognition of the previous guidelines’ shortcomings and unintended consequences. But has the guideline actually improved? In this presentation a pharmacist and a physician debate the new 2022 guideline and discuss the future implications for patients and providers.