Prescribing Guidelines Recommendations from the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for clinicians involved in pain management. Utah supplemental recommendations are listed where they apply. Initiating CDC Recommendation 1: Determining whether or not to initiate opioids for painCDC Recommendation 2: Nonopioid medications for acute painDosage CDC Recommendation 3: Selecting type and dosageCDC Recommendation 4: Opioid naive patientsCDC Recommendation 5: Tapering and changing opioid dosagesDuration CDC Recommendation 6: Acute painCDC Recommendation 7: Reevaluating risks and benefits during follow upsRisk Assessment CDC Recommendation 8: Risk Assessment and mitigationCDC Recommendation 9: Using PDMP/CSD monitorCDC Recommendation 10: Toxicology TestingCDC Recommendation 11: Opioid and benzodiazepines combinationCDC Recommendation 12: Treatment for OUDImplementing the CDC Guidelines Training for the GuideGuidelines at a glanceClinical Practice Guideline Partner ToolkitUtah Addendum Guidelines
