Opioid Toolkit

Summary Guidelines 

• Office of the Surgeon General - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guidelines: Turn the Tide Rx Prescribing Opioids for Pain (PDF)
• CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (PDF)
• American College of Physicians Guideline on Non-Invasive Treatment for Acute, Subacute or Chronic Low Back Pain 
• CDC Non-Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain (PDF)
• Facing Addiction in America; The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids (Full Report) (PDF)
• AHRQ Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook

Pain Management and Opioid Online Training 

• Complimentary Pain Management & Opioid Course (CME Credit Available) (PDF)

Assessment Tools

• CDC Checklist for prescribing opioids for chronic pain (PDF)
• Opioid Risk Tool (PDF)
• Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) Tool (PDF)
• Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Tool (PDF)

Prescribing Agreements

• Sample Patient Agreement Forms (PDF)

Tapering and Prescribing Tools

• Opioid Dose Calculator
• Calculating Total daily dose of opioids for safer dosage (PDF)

Miscellaneous Prescriber Resources

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
• TMF Health Quality Institute:  Potential Adverse Drug Events for Opioid Agents 
• ASAM American Society of Addiction Medicine

Miscellaneous Patient Resources

• NOMODEATHS
• CDC: Pregnancy & Opioid Pain Medications (PDF)
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Opioid Safety & Naloxone – A Guide for patients and Caregivers
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Pain Zone Tool
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Opioid-Induced Constipation
• Prevent and Protect Overdose Prevention
• Operation Prevention
• NAR - ANON Family Groups

Helpful Links

• Project ECHO
• CDC Commonly Used Terms
• Opioid Response Network – STR-TA
• Missouri Department of Social Services Opioid Prescription Intervention (OPI) Program
• CDC Prescription Opioid Data
• SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration