The CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control would like to notify you about the posting of a notice on the Federal Register, which closes June 16, 2020. Input garnered from this notice will help inform CDC’s understanding of individual stakeholder's values and preferences related to pain and pain management options. These stakeholders include patients with acute or chronic pain, patients’ family members and/or caregivers, and clinicians who care for patients with pain or conditions that can complicate pain management (e.g., opioid use disorder or overdose). Through this opportunity, CDC is seeking stakeholders’ perspectives on and experiences with pain and pain management, including, but not limited to, the benefits and harms of opioid use. CDC invites input specifically on topics focused on using or prescribing opioid pain medications, non-opioid medications, or non-pharmacological treatments (e.g., exercise therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy).
Listed below is more information on this notice and ways to engage with this effort.
Management of Acute and Chronic Pain: Request for Comment
CDC will be accepting public comment online and by mail. Individuals interested in sharing public comments should follow the instructions provided in the Federal Register Notice. If you have any additional questions about this public comment opportunity, please email InjuryCenterEngage@cdc.gov
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Want to share your experiences and perspectives on pain and pain management in your own words with CDC? CDC has announced an opportunity to help inform understanding of individual stakeholder's values and preferences related to pain and pain management options. These stakeholders include patients with acute or chronic pain, patients’ family members and/or caregivers, and health care providers who care for patients with pain or conditions that can complicate pain management (e.g., opioid use disorder or overdose). Visit this link to learn more about how you can share your thoughts through public comment online or through the mail.
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