PDMP News & Updates
Tutorials Available on PDMP Use, Registration
Quick reference guides for prescribers and delegates were created regarding the PDMP accounts and features and functions of the PMP AWARxE. These guides are available on our PDMP Training Webpage.
PDMP Task Force Annual Reports Available
The PDMP Task Force Force Annual Reports are available on the General Assembly Statutory Reports website. This report examines issues, opportunities, and weaknesses of the program. Including how personal information is secured in the program and whether inclusion of personal identifying information in the program and access to that information is necessary. It also makes recommendations to the DORA Executive Director on ways to make the program a more effective tool for practitioners and pharmacists.
Colorado Consortium Newsroom
Visit the Newsroom of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention for recent media stories, reports, press releases, and other items related to the prescription drug abuse epidemic.
PDMP Delegate Training Video
A training video is available to show prescribers and pharmacists how to set up delegate accounts for the PDMP. Any prescriber or pharmacist can create up to three delegate accounts for trained individuals who can check the PDMP on their behalf. You can utilize the PDMP more frequently to get the most complete medical history possible.
View the video now or access it via the "New Delegate Training Video!" button on this site's homepage.
Colorado’s Prescribing Boards and Board of Pharmacy Endorse the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
In 2025, Colorado’s Medical, Nursing, Dental, Optometry, Podiatry, and Pharmacy Boards rescinded the Division of Professions and Occupations’ Guidelines for the Safe Prescribing and Dispensing of Opioids and endorsed the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain to provide licensees with guidance that reflects the most current scientific research and recommended medical practices. For more information, please see the Colorado DPO Opioid Guidelines page.