Withdrawal from Opioids

Provide information about the assessment and management of a patient’s withdrawal from opioids.

Advisory: Evidence-Based, Whole Person Care of Pregnant People Who Have Opioid Use Disorder

This Advisory outlines how healthcare providers (i.e., obstetrician-gynecologists [OB-GYNs], primary care physicians, and other professionals who treat pregnant people) can take an active role in supporting the health of pregnant individuals who have OUD and their babies.

Buprenorphine Quick Start Pocket Guide

This two-page pocket guide includes facts and a checklist for all practitioners seeking to prescribe buprenorphine.

Buprenorphine Quick Start Guide

This quick start guide includes facts and a checklist for all practitioners seeking to prescribe buprenorphine.

Rapid Opioid Dependence Screen (RODS)

The RODS is an 8-item screening tool to assess opioid depdence and the need for services for opioid use or withdrawal that require medical attention.

Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit

This toolkit, designed to augment overdose prevention and reversal training, provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications, including naloxone and nalmefene, and how to respond to an overdose.

Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings

This guide focuses on using medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in jails and prisons and during the reentry process when justice-involved persons return to the community.

The Role of Low-Threshold Treatment for Patients with Opioid Use Dusirder (OUD) in Primary Care

This Topic Brief provides an overview of what constitutes low-threshold treatment for patients with OUD, the state of the evidence and patient perspectives on low-threshold OUD treatment, and key steps and strategies for providing low-threshold treatment for patients with OUD in primary care settings.

2022 National Drug Control Strategy

This inaugural National Strategy proposes bold, targeted, and consequential actions to bend the curve on overdose deaths in the immediate term and reduce substance use and its damaging consequences in the US over the longer term.

A Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder

This provincial evidence-based guideline articulates the full range of therapeutic options for the optimal treatment of adults and youth with varying presentations of opioid use disorder. It is intended for use for all British Colombia (BC) physicians, nursing and allied health professionals, and other care providers involved in the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder.

Framing Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Acute Pain

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.

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