Provider Education

Clinical Guidance

Opioid Dose Calculator
Source: Agency Medical Directors Group.

Tapering Opioids for Chronic Pain (PDF: 1.78 Mb)
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Art and (very little) Science of Tapering Opioid Medications
Source: California Health Care Foundation.

Urine Drug Testing Algorithm for Monitoring Opioid Therapy (PDF: 85 Kb)
Source:University of Washington.

Chronic Pain Management In Special Populations (Part VII)(PDF: 1.76 Mb)
Source: Washington State Agency Medical Directors' Group.

Non-opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain (PDF: 1.53 Mb)
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Patient Conversations

Difficult Conversations
Source: Oregon Pain Guidance Group.

How to Talk to Your Patients About Safe Prescribing
Source: California Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians.

Helpful Prescribing Tips
Source: California Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians.

Motivational Interviewing
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Screening Tools

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) (PDF: 66 Kb)
Source: Boston University School of Medicine.

Reports

As Opioid Epidemic Rages, Complementary Health Approaches to Pain Gain Traction
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association.

Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Lifesaving App for Opioid Users
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association.

Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain — Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine.

NIH review finds nondrug approaches effective for treatment of common pain conditions
Source: National Institutes of Health.

Overdose Risk in Young Children of Women Prescribed Opioids
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics.

Policy Statement: A Public Health Response to Opioid Use in Pregnancy
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics.

Safe Storage of Opioid Pain Relievers Among Adults Living in Households With Children
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics.