Opioid Epidemic

The SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit - 2018 equips health care providers, communities, and local governments with material to develop practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. It addresses issues for health care providers, first responders, treatment providers, and those recovering from opioid overdose.

Pathways to Safer Opioid Use is an immersive, interactive training tool that was designed using the opioid-related recommendations outlined in the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action Plan). The training uses the principles of health literacy and a multimodal, team-based approach to promote the appropriate, safe, and effective use of opioids to manage chronic pain.

Resources such as Clinical Tools, Training, Mobile App, Patient and Partner Tools, Videos and much more.

From the CDC for healthcare providers.

Georgetown University's School of Nursing & Health Studies

The JAMA Network article Opioid Guidelines from the CDC 2016.

Information for health providers.

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

From the University of Michigan OPEN

Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. From the National Institute on Drug Abuse.