Opioid Addiction: Welcome!

• DrugFacts: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Drug maker thwarted plan to limit OxyContin prescriptions at dawn of opioid epidemic (STAT) 10/26/16
• Opioid Consumption Data (University of Wisconsin-Madison Pain & Policy Studies Group)
• Opioid Medications (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

• Misuse of Prescription Drugs (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Opioid Overdose: Understanding the Epidemic (CDC)
• Opioids: The Prescription Drug & Heroin Overdose Epidemic (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
• A proactive response to prescription opioid abuse
• Reports and Detailed Tables From the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA)
• Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

• Clinician's Screening Tool for Drug Use in General Medical Settings (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Recognizing Opioid Abuse (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Screening, Assessment, and Drug Testing Resources (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Treatments for Addiction and Overdose

• The ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use (American Society of Addiction Medicine)
• Community management of opioid overdose (World Health Organization)
• Effective Treatments for Opioid Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• End the Opioid Epidemic (American Medical Association)
• Fentanyl: A Briefing Guide for First Responders (US Drug Enforcement Administration)
• Naloxone (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Naloxone (National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal)
• NC's Opioid Action Plan, 2017-2021 (NC Department of Health and Human Services)
• Opiate Addiction and Treatment (National Library of Medicine)
• Opioid Treatment Program Directory (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Pharmacologic Guidelines for Treating Individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Co-Occurring Opioid Use Disorders (SAMHSA)

Information on Overdoses

Withdrawal

• Codeine (MedlinePlus)
• Fentanyl (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Hydrocodone (MedlinePlus)
• Hydromorphone (Drug Enforcement Administration)
• Methadone (MedlinePlus)
• Morphine (MedlinePlus)
• Search Results for Analgesics, Opioid (National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal)
• Oxycodone (MedlinePlus)

Policies and Guidelines for Pain Management

• CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (CDC 2016)

• Policy on the Use of Opiates for the Treatment of Pain (NC Medical Board)
• Guidelines for Treatment of Chronic Pain (Arizona)

Pain Management and Opioids

Videos

• Raising Awareness of Opioid Addiction ( FBI, DEA Release Documentary Aimed at Youth)
• Surgeon general takes unprecedented step amid opioid epidemic (CBS News)
• WIHI: The Opioid Crisis: How Health Care and the Community Can Act (Institute for Healthcare Improvement)

Adolescents

• Disaster Lit: Search Results about Opioids (National Library of Medicine)
• Opiate Addiction and Treatment (US DHHS Environmental Health & Toxicology)
• Opioid Abuse and Addiction (National Library of Medicine)

Search PubMed for Articles about Opioids

• Search PubMed for articles on opioids

  This link goes to a PubMed search containing over 2000 recent articles written on the topic of opioid addiction, therapy, and treatment.
• Search PubMed for randomized controlled trials about opioids

  This PubMed search contains over 300 recent articles written about the results of clinical research done on opioids.
• Search PubMed for guidelines about opioid usage

  This search contains over 90 articles about clinical guidelines and recommendations for the use of opioids.