Where We Stand
Section: Prescribing Guidelines
Policy: Use of Controlled Substances for Treatment of Pain

Use of Controlled Substances for Treatment of Pain

OMA adopts the Model Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain, developed by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc., as OMA policy statement on treatment of chronic pain.

See Appendix B  

Adopted at the annual House of Delegates, 1999.
Reaffirmed at the annual House of Delegates, 2011.

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