Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Uses a simple prognostic questionnaire to help clinicians identify modifiable risk factors (biomedical, psychological, and social) for back pain disability. Stratifies patients with the resulting score as low, medium, or high risk and matches patients with a treatment package for each category.

Uses a 20-item instrument administered in an interview format to track behaviors characteristic of addiction related to prescription opioid medications in chronic pain populations. The instrument is scored based on participant responses, interviewer observations of displayed behaviors, and information gathered from medical chart review.

Provides information for patients on how to locate a physician certified to provide buprenorphine treatment.

Assesses differences in attractiveness of different prescription opioid products and formulations to potential individuals with substance use disorders.

The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant.

Assesses symptoms of anxiety using a 7-item questionnaire that asks whether the patient has experienced anxiety-related problems in the previous 2 weeks and the impact they have had on the individual's life.

Assesses the risk of opioid abuse and suitability of candidates for long-term opioid therapy in primary care.

Assesses risk for opioid abuse among individuals prescribed opioids for treatment of chronic pain with a brief self-report screening tool designed for use with adult patients in primary care settings. Patients categorized as high risk are at increased likelihood of future abusive drug-related behavior.

Provides guidance on the use of buprenorphine among a number of topics, including physiology and pharmacology of opioids, opioid addiction, and buprenorphine treatment; screening and assessment of OUDs; protocols for buprenorphine treatment; management of special populations; and policies and procedures related to DATA 2000.

Rates 11 common opiate withdrawal signs or symptoms with a clinician-administered pen-and-paper instrument. Uses the summed score of the 11 items to assess patients’ level of withdrawal and make inferences about their level of physical dependence on opioids.