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As doctors welcome the CDC’s clarification of its opioid guideline, the authors of that guideline say medical professionals had misapplied the recommendations.

Under pressure from healthcare experts, the CDC has clarified the controversial federal guideline for prescribing opioids.

The number of prescriptions written for opioids in the United States is three times as high as it was in 1999, according to a new government report.