Guidelines for the safe prescribing and dispensing of opioids

Guidelines for prescribing and dispensing opioids

Colorado. Dental Board.
Colorado. Medical Board.
Colorado Board of Nursing.
Colorado. State Board of Optometry.
Colorado Podiatry Board.
Colorado. State Board of Veterinary Medicine.
Colorado. State Board of Pharmacy.
Colorado. Department of Regulatory Agencies. Division of Professions and Occupations.
Colorado. Nurse-Physician Advisory Task Force for Colorado Healthcare.

2018

Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations

Denver, Colo.

Revised: 3/16/18

Prescribers and dispensers have an obligation to effectively manage pain and improve function while reducing opioid related adverse outcomes. To assist health care professionals in discharging this duty, the Boards have adopted this Policy to ensure consistent, evidence-based for all Colorado prescribers and dispensers in their treatment of patients 18 years of age and older.

"Adopted: 10/15/14. Revised: 3/16/18."
"Colorado Dental Board, Colorado Medical Board, State Board of Nursing, State Board of Optometry, Colorado Podiatry Board and State Board of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Nurse-Physician Advisory Task Force for Colorado Healthcare and Endorsed by the Colorado State Board of Veterinary Medicine."
Includes bibliographic references.
Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed December 2018)

Opioids--Therapeutic use
Therapeutic use
Opioid abuse--Prevention
Prevention

Colorado

1 online resource (10, 7 pages)

eng

REG5.8/OP3/2018/INTERNET

http://hdl.handle.net/11629/co:28865

1076970346

2018-12-18T16:33:57.073Z