Opioid Toolkit
Summary Guidelines
- American College of Physicians Guideline on Non-Invasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute or Chronic Low Back Pain
- CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (PDF)
- CDC Non-Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain (PDF)
- Office of the Surgeon General – Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guidelines: Turn the Tide Rx Prescribing Opioids for Pain (PDF)
Assessment Tools
- CAGE Tool (PDF)
- CDC Checklist for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (PDF)
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Tool (PDF)
- Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) Tool (PDF)
- Naloxone Prescription Checklist (PDF)
- Opioid Risk Tool (PDF)
Prescribing Agreements
Tapering and Prescribing Tools
- Calculating Total Daily Dose of Opioids for Safer Dosage (PDF)
- CDC Pocket Guide: Tapering Opioids for Chronic (PDF)
- Recommendations for Tapering Benzodiazepines (PDF)
- Opioid Patient Perscriber Agreement (PPA) (PDF)
Miscellaneous Prescriber Resources
- CDC – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Medication-Assisted treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (PDF)
- Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- Naloxone Quick Reference Guide (QRG) (PDF)
- Surgeon General's “Turn the Tide” Campaign – Take the Pledge
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Medications, Counseling, and Related Conditions
- TMF Health Quality Institute: Potential Adverse Drug Events for Opioid Agents (Serotonin Syndrome) (PDF)
Superior HealthPlan Chronic Pain & Substance Use Disorder Summit
- Best Practices for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder- Gastfriend.01.19.17 (PDF)
- Superior HealthPlan – Chronic Pain & Substance Use Disorder Summit – February 2018
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: 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
- CCDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
- National Council for Behavioral Health Medication Assisted Treatment
- National Council for Behavioral Health Opioid Use Disorder
- SAMHSA Medication-Assisted Treatment
- SAMHSA Patient Substance Abuse Brochures
- Superior’s Behavioral Health Toolkit
- Texas Office of Inspector General (OIG) Lock-In Program
- Texas Office of Inspector General (OIG) Lock-In Program Helps Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
- Texas Opioid Training Initiative
- Texas Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)