AMA welcomes CDC’s revised view on opioids guidelines

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Statement attributable to 
Patrice A. Harris, M.D.
President-elect of the American Medical Association
Chair, AMA Opioid Task Force

“The AMA appreciates that the CDC recognizes that patients in pain require individualized care and that the agency’s 2016 guidelines on opioids have been widely misapplied. The guidelines have been treated as hard and fast rules, leaving physicians unable to offer the best care for their patients.

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