Opioid Comment Letters
Submitting comment letters to various government organizations is one way that the AANA advocates for the nurse anesthesia profession. Below are recent opioid-related comment letters issued by the AANA.
Opioid Use Disorder
- AANA Submits Comments to House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Opioids Legislation, April 4, 2018. 2018
- AANA Comments on House Ways & Means Opioid Request, March 13, 2018
- AANA Submitted a Statement for the Record on a House Ways and Means Committee Hearing Related to CMS Actions to Prevent Opioid Misuse, January 17, 2018
- AANA Submits Comments to the Draft Interim Report from the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, September 26, 2017
- AANA Sends Letter to President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Demonstrating How CRNAs Provide Multimodal Pain Management Which May Reduce Patient's Need for and Reliance on Opioids, July 5, 2017
- AANA Comment letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy on draft report titled "Changing the Language of Addiction", November 3, 2016
- AANA Comment letter to SAMHSA regarding Medication Assisted Treatment for opioid disorders, May 31, 2016
- AANA Comment letter to the FDA supporting the increased public availability of naloxone to treat opioid-related overdoses and encouraging public education and awareness initiatives, August 24, 2015
Prescriber Education
Opioid Prescribing
- AANA Comments on House Ways & Means Opioid Request, March 13, 2018
- AANA submits comment letter to the FDA's Opioid Policy Steering Committee regarding prescribing intervention strategy implementation, March 13, 2018
- AANA comments to FDA regarding the use of prescription opioids analgesics for the pediatric population, September 30, 2016
- AANA Comments to CDC on Draft Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, January 11, 2016
- AANA comments to FDA on analgesic treatment of chronic non-cancer pain, August 1, 2012
National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention
- AANA comments to HHS on the proposed measures and 2020 targets for the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention, November 15, 2016
Chronic Pain
- AANA Comments on how CRNA Multi-Modal Pain Management Services Help Reduce Patient Need for Reliance on Opioids in response to AHRQ Report on Noninvasive, Non-pharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain
- AANA Signs on to Consumer Pain Advocacy Task Force Letter Calling for Recognition of the Relationship Between the Chronic Pain and Opioid Epidemics, June 7, 2017