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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: assessment of all chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain. NICE guideline. Published: 7 April 2021.
David A Fishbain, MD, FAPA, Aditya Pulikal, MD, JD, Does Opioid Tapering in Chronic Pain Patients Result in Improved Pain or Same Pain vs Increased Pain at Taper Completion? A Structured Evidence-Based Systematic Review, Pain Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 11, November 2019, Pages 2179–2197
Musculoskeletal Program. Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines Interventional Pain Management. Spine Surgery. 2019
Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Defense. VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the non-surgical management of hip & knee osteoarthritis. Version 2.0. 2020
American College of Rheumatology. Updated Guideline for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Project Plan – October 2018
North American Spine Society. Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Spine Care. Diagnosis & Treatment of Low Back Pain. 2020
ICSI. Health Care Guideline: Low Back Pain, Adult Acute and Subacute. 16 edition. March 2018
Kroenke K, Alford DP, Argoff C, Canlas B, Covington E, Frank JW, Haake KJ, Hanling S, Hooten WM, Kertesz SG, Kravitz RL, Krebs EE, Stanos SP, Sullivan M. Challenges with Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Guideline: A Consensus Panel Report. Pain Med. 2019 Apr 1;20(4):724-735. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny307. PMID: 30690556
Pangarkar SS, Kang DG, Sandbrink F, Bevevino A, Tillisch K, Konitzer L, et al. VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain. J GEN INTERN MED 34, 2620-2629. 2019
VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. Version 3.0. 2017

Evidence based medicine

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

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