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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 [PDF 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 MB] of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.

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PAMI Pain Management and Dosing Guide

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.

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
Year
File Size
547 KB

Reducing Opioid Misuse

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is responding to the opioid epidemic by promoting safe and responsible pain management, making sure patients can access treatment for opioid use disorder, and using data to target prevention and treatment.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
States
Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health: 2019 Presentation

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.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
4.8 MB

Checklist for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

Includes when to consider long-term opioid therapy and how to reassess the need for more opioids on a return visit. Provides additional information regarding the evidence about using opioid and nonopioid therapies, evaluating risk of harm or misuse, and assessing pain and function using the PEG scale.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Year
File Size
.08 MB

Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain: Improving Practice Through Recommendations

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.

Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Year
File Size
.67 MB