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[[File:Hydromorphone - Hydromorphon.svg|400px|thumb|right|''"Hydromorphone: you suck"'']] "'''Anything, ANYTHING but opioids'''" is the powerfully succinct but official recommendation from the [[American College of Physicians]] regarding the management of acute, subacute, and chronic back pain.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/acp-anything/ ACP Guidelines for Low Back Pain: “Anything, ANYTHING But Opioids”(Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[https://www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/american-college-of-physicians-issues-guideline-for-treating-nonradicular-low-back-pain ACP Guidelines for Treatment Nonradicular Low Back Pain(ACP Online)]</ref> It coincides with new guidelines on the restricted use of opioids from both the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] and the [[Three Wise Monkeys]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/05/three-wise-monkeys/ Three Wise Monkeys Support CDC Opioid Guidelines: "See No Dilaudid, Hear No Dilaudid, Speak No Dilaudid"(Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/rr/rr6501e1.htm CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016(MMWR)]</ref> '''Related Gomerpedia Topics'''----* [[Death]]* [[Low Back Pain]]* [[Mighty Morphine Power Rangers]]* [[Narcan]]* [[NarCANT]]* [[Princess Aurora]]* [[Tylenol (Acetaminophen)]]* [[A Streetcar Named Dilaudid]]