Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the California DWC’s recent announcement that it has posted a proposed “Guideline for the Use of Opioids to Treat Work-Related Injuries” to its online forum for public comment. DWC intends to remove the existing parts of the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) that deal with opioids and instead include the newly proposed guideline.
The new guidelines include a set of best practices for considering opioids in management of acute, subacute, post-operative, and chronic pain from work-related injuries, and include recommendations on when it is appropriate to consider using opioids, medication combinations to avoid, methods and tools to monitor patients on opioids, the need to educate patients, and responsible storage and disposal.
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