Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Provides recommendations that assist the practitioner and patient in making decisions about healthcare, specifically chronic pain management.

Consent form on which patient acknowledges understanding and expectations of opioid therapy and agrees to adhere to agreed-upon patient behaviors.

This screening device is often used as a way to begin discussion about drug and alcohol use. Any woman who answers yes to one or more questions should be referred for further assessment.

Details evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for use of chronic opioid therapy in adults with chronic noncancer pain.

Predicts aberrant medication-related behaviors among persons with chronic pain and complements current risk assessment practices to improve a clinician's ability to assess a patient's risk for opioid misuse.

Uses a 17-item self-assessment to identify patients with chronic pain taking opioids who have indicators of current aberrant drug-related behaviors.

Assesses the intensity of pain and the level of interference in normal daily life using a three-item scale.

Provides recommendations on how to properly use and prescribe opioid medication for both acute and chronic pain.

Provides a summary of recommendations on how to assess and manage chronic pain. Includes detailed tools, such as an assessment algorithm, management algorithm, personal care plan for chronic pain, and the DIRE Score, which predicts patient suitability for long-term opioid analgesic treatment.

Helps clinicians better identify the presence of opioid abuse or dependence in patients with chronic pain.