Email UpdatesSecuring Buy-In
Provides strategies to build support for expanding the use of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and resources for securing buy-in.
Training and Education About Substance Use Treatment
Tools and resources for providing education and training about SU to a broader audience. These are not specifically for implementation.
Talking With Your Adult Patients About Alcohol, Drug, and/or Mental Health Problems: A Discussion Guide for Primary Health Care Providers
Equips clinicians with questions to begin discussions with adult patients about alcohol, illicit drug, and mental health problems, as well as co-occurring disorders. Includes resources for patients who need an evaluation after a positive screen.
Detoxification From Opioids
Provides information for patients about the goals of detoxification and different detoxification programs.
What Is Buprenorphine Treatment Like?
Provides patients with an indepth look at what to expect from buprenorphine treatment, including ways to prepare for treatment, urine testing, counseling, and effects on sleep and relationships.
Opioid Addiction Treatment: A Guide for Patients, Families, and Friends
Includes information on assessment, treatment, and medications available to treat opioid use and overdose. Provides links to find a provider or support group.
Guide for Families: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Contains detailed information about methadone, buprenorphine, and suboxone, including their advantages and risks.
Medication To Treat Addiction Involving Opioid Use: 2018 Fact Sheet
Provides information about three FDA-approved medications to treat addiction involving opioid use.
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction: Facts for Families and Friends
Gives families and friends information about MAT for opioid addiction. Describes prescribed opioid medications, their proper use and side effects, withdrawal symptoms, and ways medications fit with counseling in the recovery process.
Buprenorphine
Provides information about opioid dependence, buprenorphine, DATA 2000, and ways to find treatment.
The Facts About Buprenorphine for Treatment of Opioid Addiction
Gives patients information on buprenorphine and MAT for opioid addiction. Describes addiction and withdrawal and how buprenorphine works, its proper use, its side effects, and how it fits with counseling in the recovery process.