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CPSA News – CPSA Issues New Opioid and Benzodiazepine in Advice Document

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CPSA addresses opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing in new advice document

New requirements explained, plus a checklist and links to resources

Don’t miss the CPSA’s new Advice to the Profession on Prescribing: Drugs with Potential for Misuse or Diversion, supporting the standard of practice by the same name which took effect on April 1, 2017.
Released the same week as the new Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain, the document includes:

  • detailed opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing requirements
  • example scenarios to clarify the College’s expectations
  • extensive resource list
  • general guide to drugs covered by the standard
  • checklist for prescribers

Physicians are also encouraged to visit Let’s Talk About Opioid Prescribing and Physician Prescribing Practices on the CPSA website for more information and resources.

2 Responses

  1. The guidelines are helpful but do not address the dearth of resources needed to treat these patients in a full manner

    Please address this issue as part of our larger responsibility to our patients

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