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AMA backs update to CDC opioid prescribing guidelines

The AMA is urging the CDC to remove arbitrary thresholds, restore balance and support comprehensive, compassionate care as it revises the guidelines.

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8 keys to end the nation’s drug-overdose epidemic

The CDC is reporting a record-breaking annual toll of nearly 90,000 U.S. overdose deaths. Learn about the policy steps needed to stem the tide.

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Overdose epidemic requires state action to remove barriers to care

AMA, Mannatt report emphasizes the increasing importance of removing barriers to evidence-based care.

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As COVID-19 surges, AMA sounds alarm on nation’s overdose epidemic

Learn about the policy steps that must be taken to improve access to lifesaving substance-use disorder treatment.

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AMA to push for better access to opioid-use disorder treatments

The AMA will advocate sustained funding for evidence-based care and support research to help bring more treatments into the primary care setting.

Overdose Epidemic
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Providing individualized pain care during COVID in West Virginia

Pain-management clinic works to reverse the overdose epidemic’s impact on the state by using whole-person approach to provide custom care.

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AMA statement on Justice Department settlement with Purdue Pharma

Any settlement should be used exclusively for data collection, research, education, overdose prevention, stigma elimination, and evidence-based treatment.

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AMA report shows evolving, deadlier overdose epidemic

AMA cites need to remove barriers to evidence-based care for patients with pain or a substance use disorder.

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Feb. 28, 2020: State Advocacy Update

Warning on naloxone in CO, prior authorization in ME and more in AMA's latest state advocacy efforts.

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