Drug Information: Opioids

Gives a historical perspective, and what is being done now to prevent and treat opioid misuse.

From Elsevier; features animations, infographics, expert perspectives, clinical guidance, research, news and media, and more. NOTE: "Access to research" links may not lead to full text of articles; if not: copy the article title and paste it into the search box at MedSearch.

Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore created a clearinghouse of excellent news and support sources.

AHRQ's statistics about opioid-related hospital care, including hospitalization trends between 2009-14 and hospitalizations in 2014 broken down by patient age, sex, geographic area and income.

Permanente Journal, 2017; 21: 16-169.

Annu. Rev. Public Health 2018. 39:10.1–10.17.

Florida-specific data, as well as highlights from the 2017 Opioid Summit.

Assistance for recognizing and treating opioid abuse, as well as safe prescribing measures.

a brief, self-report screening tool designed for use with adult patients in primary care settings to assess risk for opioid abuse among individuals prescribed opioids for treatment of chronic pain.

From the Massachusetts Governor’s Medical Education Working Group On Prescription Drug Misuse.

From the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Provides evidenced-based clinical practices in the prevention, identification, and treatment of opioid use disorders.

Information to start prescribing and dispensing naloxone (Narcan) rescue kits.

From AHRQ.

Learn about medications, treatment guidelines, ICD-10 coding, and CME/CE opportunities as well as easily locate buprenorphine practitioners, opioid treatment programs, and additional behavioral health treatment services and facilities.

Includes a Morphine Milligram Equivalent (MME) calculator, summaries of key recommendations and a link to the full Guideline, and an interactive motivational interviewing feature.

Quick fact sheet for physicians.

Free CME programs about prescribing recommendations, communicating with patients, nonopioid options for pain and more.

From the Harvard Medicine Global Academy (8 CME credits)

This simulation demonstrates best practices in safe opioid use and prevent adverse drug events. You can play as four individuals, make decisions for them, and see how those decisions play out (1 CME credit).