Opioid Toolkit

Summary Guidelines

• Office of the Surgeon General – Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (PDF) Guidelines: Turn the Tide Rx Prescribing Opioids for Pain
• CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (PDF)
• Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) Summary of 2015 Interagency Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Pain (PDF)
• American College of Physicians Guideline on Non-Invasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute or Chronic Low Back Pain
• CDC Non-Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain (PDF)

Assessment Tools

• CDC Checklist for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (PDF)
• Opioid Risk Tool (PDF)
• CRAFFT Adolescents Clinician Interview Tool
• CAGE Tool (PDF)
• Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) Tool (PDF)
• Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Tool (PDF)
• Naloxone Risk Assessment (PDF)
• Naloxone Prescription Checklist (PDF)

Prescribing Agreements

• Sample Patient Agreement Forms (PDF)

Tapering and Prescribing Tools

• Calculating Total Daily Dose of Opioids for Safer Dosage (PDF)
• Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics (PDF)
• Opioid Dose Calculator
• Recommendations for Discontinuing and Tapering Opioids (PDF)
• Recommendations for Tapering Benzodiazepines (PDF)

Miscellaneous Prescriber Resources

• Surgeon General ‘s “Turn the Tide” Campaign – Take the Pledge
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Medication-Assisted Treatment  (MAT) of Opioid Use Disorder (PDF)
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Potential Adverse Drug Events for Opioid Agents (Serotonin Syndrome) (PDF)

Superior HealthPlan Chronic Pain & Substance Use Disorder Summit

• Superior HealthPlan – Chronic Pain & Substance Use Disorder Summit – February 2018
• Best Practices for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder- Gastfriend.01.19.17 (PDF)

Miscellaneous Patient Resources

• CDC: Pregnancy & Opioid Pain Medications (English) (PDF)
• CDC: Pregnancy & Opioid Pain Medications (Spanish) (PDF)
• Chronic Pain and Opioid Treatment (English/Spanish) (PDF)
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Opioid Safety & Naloxone – A Guide for patients and Caregivers (English) (PDF)
• Dose of Reality: Prevent Prescription Painkiller Misuse in Texas
  
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Opioid Safety & Naloxone – A Guide for patients and Caregivers (Spanish) (PDF)
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Pain Zone Tool (English) (PDF)
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Pain Zone Tool (Spanish) (PDF)
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Opioid-Induced Constipation (English) (PDF)
• TMF Health Quality Institute: Opioid-Induced Constipation (Spanish) (PDF)

Helpful Links

• National Council for Behavioral Health
  • Opioid Use Disorder
  • Medication Assisted Treatment
•   Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Medication-Assisted Treatment
  • Patient Substance Abuse Brochures
• CDC Full Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
• Texas Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)
• Overview of Texas OIG Medicaid Lock-In Program (PDF)
• Operation Naloxone
• Superior’s Behavioral Health Toolkit