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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.