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
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
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- 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