Clinical Guidelines

Committee opinion and guidelines for providers about at-risk drinking and alcohol dependence in women and the potential impact on health, including reproductive and pregnancy outcomes

Comprehensive set of guidelines on the placement, continued stay, and transfer/discharge of patients with addiction and co-occurring conditions

Provides a high-level overview of clinical practice guidelines for management of chronic pain.

Provides guidance to State medical and osteopathic boards in assessing physician’s’ management of pain in their patients and whether opioid analgesics are being prescribed appropriately.

Provides recommendations that assist the practitioner and patient in making decisions about healthcare, specifically chronic pain management.

Provides an overview of chronic pain, including causes, diagnostic methods, and treatment options. Includes guidance on which questions patients should ask providers and where they can seek more information about chronic pain.

Provides recommendations for clinicians providing pain care, including those prescribing opioids, for outpatients aged ≥ 18 years. It updates the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016.

Provides guidelines that can improve communication between providers and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose.

Assesses the evidence regarding the use and abuse of opioids by chronic noncancer pain patients to create a set of clinical practice guidelines for the responsible prescribing of opioids.

Provides clinical recommendations for initiating and maintaining chronic opioid therapy of 90 days or longer.