Prescribing Opioids

The primary objectives of the SOURCE (Simulation of Opioid Use, Response, Consequences, and Effects) model are threefold: help the FDA and other stakeholders identify high-impact opioid-related interventions, assess potential unanticipated consequences of potential policies, and identify needs for further research.

This guideline develops a framework to evaluate existing clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids for acute pain indications and recommends indications for which new evidence-based guidelines should be developed.

This two-day public workshop convened regulators, academic researchers, clinicians, patient advocates, and other stakeholders to share information underlying this action and gather input related to the safe use of benzodiazepines.

The Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, is an aggressive, trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis.

This was a two-day virtual public workshop (which can now be re-watched) that focused on identifying gaps in existing opioid prescriber education offerings and core competencies that should be included in educational content for opioid prescribers and other healthcare providers, including prescriber education under a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).

This was a two-day virtual public workshop (which can now be re-watched) that convened regulators, clinical researchers, providers, patient advocates, and other stakeholders to exchange information and obtain input by discussing prescriber education's potential role in alleviating the evolving opioid and substance use crisis.

The FDA Overdose Prevention Framework consists of four overarching priorities that align with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Overdose Prevention Strategy to address the public health emergency as it continues to evolve.

These estimated costs of opioid use disorder and fatal opioid overdose and their per capita costs at the state level can assist federal and state decision makers in understanding the magnitude of opioid use disorder and fatal opioid overdose in their jurisdictions.

This toolkit gives practice principles for integrated treatment for mental illness, substance use disorders, or both, and offers advice from successful programs. It includes a brochure, a PowerPoint presentation, and a introductory video.

This research report provides information on the state of the science in the comorbidity of substance use disorders with mental illness and physical health conditions.