Substance Use Tools & Resources    

The PAMI Pain Management and Dosing Guide is a free tool for use by health care providers in hospital, EMS, or acute care settings. Content was developed after extensive literature review of pain, sedation, and analgesia medications for acute pain, chronic pain and procedural sedation in all ages. The guide was developed and reviewed by a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, pain specialists, and pharmacists. Dosing ranges should be used as a general guide and adapted to specific patient characteristics such as age and comorbidities. The guide includes oral, nasal, parenteral and topical medications for acute and chronic pain, anxiety, and procedural sedation as well as patient safety, discharge planning and nonpharmacologic management information.

This research report from NIDA discusses sex and gender influences in substance use, highlighting the unique needs of women when addressing substance use. disorder treatment

A comprehensive household interview survey of substance use, substance use disorders, mental health, and the receipt of treatment services for these disorders in the United States.

Illustrates how to implement a narcotic contract with a patient. Is part of a course called "The Clinical Assessment of Substance Use Disorders," available at https://webcampus.med.drexel.edu/doccom/db/nida_1.html.

Asks the patient to agree to follow the treatment plan, keep appointments, and take medicine as prescribed.

Provides guidelines that can improve communication between providers and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose.

This is a toolkit on addressing pain in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and managing medication for addiction treatment (MAT) during the perioperative/postpartum period.

Shows State-level geographic comparisons of de-identified Medicaid opioid prescriptions filled within the United States. The mapping tool is interactive and presents Medicaid opioid prescribing rates for 2016 as well as the change in opioid prescribing rates from 2013 to 2016.