Opioid Toolkit
The Department of Health and Human Services notes that the U.S. is in the midst of a prescription drug overdose epidemic. “Since 1999, the amount of prescription drugs prescribed and sold in the United States has nearly quadrupled, yet there has not been an overall change in the amount of pain that Americans report. Overprescribing leads to more abuse and more overdose deaths.”
In an effort to prevent overprescribing, many associations, governmental organizations and regulators created specific opioid prescribing continuing education materials, guidelines and tool kits. Use NCSBN’s toolkit to reach those materials.
Guidelines
These guidelines are provided by outside organizations with a focus on safe prescribing of opioids. NCSBN does not endorse or recommend the material listed below, but provides these guidelines as a reference for professionals.
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Guideline for Prescribing Opioids (March 2016) - Errata
- Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioids (April 2017)
- American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines for Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (February 2017)
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Guidelines for Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy (August 2017)
Continuing Education
These educational resources are provided by outside organizations with a focus on safe prescribing practices. NCSBN does not endorse or recommend the material listed below, but sees these offerings as opportunities for education of prescribing professionals and the general public.
Prescribing Professionals
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM):
Opioid Prescribing: Safe Practice, Changing Lives
Providers’ Clinical Support System for Medication-Assisted Treatment (PCSS MAT)
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Opioid & Pain Management Continuing Education
Providers’ Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies
Resources for Health Professionals & Pharmacists
Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion
American College of Physicians
Boston University School of Medicine
Journal of the American Medical Association
Nursing
International Nurses Society on Addictions
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Update on NP Waiver Application for Medication Assisted Therapy
Lippincott NursingCenter
Pharmacy
American Pharmacists Association
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Resources
These educational resources are provided by outside organizations with a focus on safe prescribing practices. NCSBN does not endorse or recommend the material listed below, but sees these offerings as opportunities for education of prescribing professionals and the general public.
Federal
US Department of Health & Human Services
Opioids: The Prescription Drug & Heroin Overdose Epidemic
Final Report: Opioid Use, Misuse, and Overdose in Women
Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services
Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Supporting HHS’s Opioid Initiative
National Academies of Science, Engineering, & Medicine
US Drug Enforcement Administration
US Food & Drug Administration
FDA Commissioner Asks Staff for ‘More Forceful Steps’ to Stem the Opioid Crisis
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
State
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
Search & Rescue: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
International
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
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