Opioid Toolkit

Summary Guidelines 

OPIOIDS FOR CHRONIC PAIN:

• 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)

OPIOID ADDICTION / DISORDER

• Facing Addiction in America; The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids (Full Report) (PDF)
• AHRQ Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook

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

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

Miscellaneous Prescriber Resources

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
• ASAM American Society of Addiction Medicine
• Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants / SAMHSA

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

• Mindoula - Substance Exposed Pregnancy Program 
  • Mindoula - SEPP Provider Handout (PDF)
  • Mindoula - Provider Tearaway (PDF)
• HALO Program (Health Assistance, Linkage, and Outreach
  • HALO - Whole Health Interventions for Substance Use Drive Positive Change (Centene)
  • HALO - Early Identification (PDF)
  • HALO - Substance Misuse Program (PDF)

Helpful Links

• Project ECHO
• CDC Commonly Used Terms
• Opioid Response Network – STR-TA
• CDC Prescription Opioid Data
• SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• MO-HOPE Project
• MO HealthNet Participant Lock-In Program
• Lock-In Information Sheet
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Program:  Missouri State Profile / Office of Justice Programs (ojp.gov)
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Bulletin
• Missouri Health Matters / Opioid Use Disorder Resources
• Time 2 Act Missouri
• Missouri Department of Mental Health - Opioid Crisis Response (dmh.mo.gov)
• Missouri Response Projects - NOMODeaths