Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Offers healthcare systems and practices a provider-focused resource to help move the content of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain into clinical practice.

Provides an evidence-based quality improvement roadmap to help primary care teams implement effective, guideline-driven care for their chronic pain and long-term opioid therapy patients.

Addresses prevention of opioid use disorder by exploring efforts across the health system to stop opioid abuse before it starts.

This provincial evidence-based guideline articulates the full range of therapeutic options for the optimal treatment of adults and youth with varying presentations of opioid use disorder. It is intended for use for all British Colombia (BC) physicians, nursing and allied health professionals, and other care providers involved in the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder. 

Provides a module to raise physician awareness about prescription opioid-related morbidity and mortality, factors that influence opioid-related harm, and steps that can be taken to promote the safe use of opioids.

Provides recommendations for safer and more effective prescribing of opioids for chronic pain in patients 18 and older in outpatient settings outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care.

Assists in the prediction of aberrant drug-related behavior among patients with chronic pain.

Provides guidance to State medical and osteopathic boards in assessing physician’s’ management of pain in their patients and whether opioid analgesics are being prescribed appropriately.

Describes decision points in the management of opioid therapy for chronic pain and provides evidence based recommendations for practitioners throughout the Department of Defense and VA healthcare systems.

Describes risk factors for the development of opioid-related adverse events and how to mitigate these risks. Provides an overview of adverse events, including their symptoms and how to manage them.