Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Several clinical experts discuss the importance and the rewards of treating opioid use disorder patients using Medications for Treating Addictions.

Describes what physicians need to know about the patient limit of 275, such as eligibility and credentials.

Illustrates preparation and administration of the naltrexone injection.

This program — Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment (Project SHOUT) — provides clinical leaders with the tools they need to start and maintain patients on buprenorphine or methadone during hospitalizations for any condition, be it medical, surgical, or obstetric.

Provides an overview of the steps people dependent on opioids need to take when they seek treatment for the first time.

Gives an overview of data on the use of sublingual and transmucosal buprenorphine for MAT of OUD. Discusses the implications of using MAT in recovery support.

Provides practical guidance for clinicians in effective motivational interviewing techniques to address health risk behaviors. Guides clinicians through practical skill building and technique development using videos to model effective communication and allows real-time testing and reinforcement of these skills in the clinical setting.

Provides patients and families who are thinking about seeking help for an opioid problem or considering medications that help with recovery from OUD with information to support these decisions.

These are slides from a webinar which provided an overview of how drug diversion is a significant risk for patients and institutions and addresses why institutions should have a program in place to detect diversion.

Provides an overview of science-based solutions for treating patients with opioid addiction.