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"'''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”]</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]</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"]</ref><ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/rr/rr6501e1.htm CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016]</ref>
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