A 50-year-old with low back pain and radicular symptoms asks for opioids. First-line management per CDC guidance for subacute pain?...

Question

A 50-year-old with low back pain and radicular symptoms asks for opioids. First-line management per CDC guidance for subacute pain?

Accepted Answer

Nonopioid therapies; if opioids are used, lowest effective dose and caution at >=50 MME/day

Answer

Routine ER/LA opioid initiation

Answer

Set fixed 90 MME/day target for all

Answer

Co-prescribe benzodiazepines for sleep with opioids

Answer

Opioids first-line for all back pain

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Opioid Prescribing