Substance Use Tools & Resources    

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.

Provides guidelines related to opioid dependence that aim to: reduce global barriers to effective treatment; contribute to the development of evidence-based, ethical treatment policies; contribute to improvement of the quality of pharmacological treatment; and facilitate implementation of effective treatment policies and programs.

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

Short guide for a safety planning implementation

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

Patient safety plan template to fill out with the patient.

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

Helps patients keep track of their function, pain, sleep, and alcohol/drug use. Allows providers to then use the chart to properly adjust the patient's medications to obtain optimal benefit and to minimize risk to health and safety.