Pain Doctors Say ACOEM Left Them Out of New Guidelines

Pain doctors have enlisted the support of two Congressmen to blast ACOEM treatment guidelines, saying the institution ignored professional comments and omitted relevant scientific literature from its analysis.Five professional groups whose members treat patients with chronic pain released a joint statement last week denouncing the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s recently released guidelines for treating low back pain and draft guidelines being considered for chronic pain.“Without a substantial change in ACOEM’s guidelines development process, far...