Professional Documents

Collaborations and Policy Change

5-Point Strategy To Combat the Opioid Crisis

Health and Human Services’ (HHS) strategy to combat the opioid crisis.

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SAMHSA’s Video Library on Prevention and Collaboration

SAMHSA’s Video Library on prevention of substance use disorder and strategies to build collaborations between communities, law enforcement, and healthcare providers.

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Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council

Committee reports for healthcare providers and law enforcement, describing Alabama’s “recommendations for policy, regulatory, and legislative actions to address the overdose crisis in Alabama.”

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CDC Factsheet Why Guidelines for Primary Care Providers

A CDC factsheet describing the importance of including primary care providers’ input in opioid prescribing guidelines.

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Creating Effective Health and Law Enforcement Partnerships to Combat the Opioid Epidemic

During this webinar, experts from HMA and the New York City Police Department explored key elements in a multi-sector approach to address opioid use, built on a foundation of shared ownership of policies, system response, and programmatic interventions. Replay is available on the website.

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Improving Pain Care Through Implementation of the Stepped Care Model at a Multisite Community Health Center

A study published by Anderson et al. in the Journal of Pain Research, describing the results of implementation and evaluation of a stepped care model for pain treatment in a primary care, safety net setting.

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Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Implementation Checklist

Checklist to help policymakers and community members collaborate with multiple types of healthcare providers and community organizations to promote the use of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

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National Council for Behavioral Health Website

Behavioral health resources for policymakers and healthcare providers.

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Pain Management Best Practices, HHS Report

The HHS report emphasizes the development of an effective and comprehensive pain treatment plan after proper evaluation to establish a diagnosis, with measurable outcomes that focus on improvements, including quality of life (QOL), improved functionality, and activities of daily living (ADLs). Describes drug treatment for pain, surgical procedures, and physical therapy. Also describes the potential for alternative therapies, like meditation, yoga, and Tai Chi.

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State of Alabama Opioid Action Plan

Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council 2018 Report, describing an opioid action plan with collaboration between prescribers, pharmacists, first responders, law enforcement, community members, and affected individuals and families.

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Strategic Map to Reduce Opioid and Heroin Abuse and Overdose in Alabama

Strategies to help boost collaborations between healthcare providers, law enforcement, and community members to reduce opioid use disorder and opioid overdose in Alabama. Obtained from the Alabama Department of Public Health at https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/pharmacy/opioid-and-heroin.html.

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Tackling the Opioid Crisis: What State Strategies are Working?

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) describes key strategies for addressing the opioid crisis.

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Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Truven Analytics and HHS Final Report on use of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in employer-sponsored private health insurance.

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How to Talk with Someone in Need

Courage For ALL

Tips and resources for starting the conversation with someone in need. Includes posters, social media tools, videos, and public service announcements to share with students and others. Also includes a 24/7 helpline (844-307-1760) and a treatment locator.

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Engaging People Who Use Drugs in Prevention Efforts: Strategies for Reducing Stigma

SAMHSA and CAPT flyer for strategies to reduce stigma when talking with people who use drugs.

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Addiction as a Disease, not a Moral Failure Video

SAMHSA’s Addiction as a Disease, not a Moral Failure video.

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Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Prioritizing What Works Video

SAMHSA: “This video examines some of the ways prejudice toward people with substance use disorders can shape our approach to prevention.”

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Examining Our Biases About People Who Misuse Opioids

SAMHSA: “The video underscores the importance of examining our misconceptions about people with substance use disorders.”

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The CDC’s Communicating with Patients Training Module

Includes training on communication strategies to talk with patients about opioid use disorder.

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The CDC’s Fostering Collaborative Patient-Provider Relationships Training Module

Includes training on strategies to foster collaborative relationships and shared decision-making between patients and providers, and tips for coordinating care between different providers.

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The CDC’s Motivational Interviewing Training Module

Includes training on motivational interviewing to talk with patients about opioid use disorder.

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Raising Awareness

Rx Awareness

The CDC’s Rx Awareness Campaign “tells the real stories of people whose lives were torn apart by prescription opioids.” Its goal is to “increase awareness that prescription opioids can be addictive and dangerous. The campaign also strives to decrease the number of individuals who use opioids recreationally or overuse them.”

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Stop Opioid Silence

Facebook is launching ‘Stop Opioid Silence’ – an opioid anti-stigma campaign in partnership with the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids+ Center on Addiction.

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Refer a Patient for Treatment

Narcan Now App

Download the Narcan Now App to find a pharmacy that carries Narcan® nasal spray for people to purchase without a physician’s prescription. Narcan® nasal spray can reverse opioid overdose.

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Narcan® Nasal Spray Prescription Aid

A printable handout for patients or their family members to take to the pharmacy to request the naloxone nasal spray, Narcan®.

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SAMHSA Treatment Locator

SAMHSA Treatment Locator. Use this website to help find substance use disorder treatment near you.

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RX Take Back

Google’s prescription drug locator tool.

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Teaching

Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction

NIDA describes the science behind addiction.

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Medical School and Residency Program Curriculum Resources on Drug Abuse and Addiction

This resource from the University of Massachusetts Medical School provides an “introduction for health professions students and primary care residents to a standardized approach to the management of patients with chronic nonmalignant pain that integrates techniques for the prevention and detection of misuse of prescription opioids.” Includes case studies and questions for discussion.

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New Degree Could Bring Help in Opioid Crisis

David Palmer of The Cullman Times describes the University of Alabama’s addition of a degree in Addiction and Recovery.

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Project ECHO

The University of New Mexico’s Project ECHO: “A lifelong learning and guided practice model that revolutionizes medical education and exponentially increases workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities. The heart of the ECHO model™ is its hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing networks, led by expert teams who use multi-point videoconferencing to conduct virtual clinics with community providers. In this way, primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians learn to provide excellent specialty care to patients in their own communities.”

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Workplace Resources

A 6-Point EHR Checklist to Address the Opioid Crisis: the Comprehensive EHR Platform Designed to Address the Full Addictions Continuum

Download the free Netsmart checklist to assess how comprehensive your organization’s EHR is in regards to opioid use disorder.

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Billing and Coding for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

IT Matters Colorado’s factsheet on billing codes for medication assisted treatment (MAT).

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Buprenorphine Waiver Management

Information for physicians to obtain and manage a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

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Challenging the Myths about Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder

Flyer from The National Council for Behavioral Health describing myths related to Medication-Assisted Therapy (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

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CDC Quality Improvement and Care Coordination: Implementing the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

CDC’s quality improvement and care coordination recommendations for implementing the CDC guidelines on prescribing opioids for chronic pain.

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Drug Take-Back Locator

Patients and family can use this web-based tool to find locations to drop off leftover medications.

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Health IT Playbook for the Opioid Epidemic

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology presents information on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), electronic preseicbing of controlled substances, smartphone apps, alignment with regulations, and additional resources related to the opioid epidemic.

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HRSA Loan Repayment System for Opioid Treatment Providers

HRSA flyer describing a loan repayment system to specifically help organizations recruit opioid treatment providers.

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HRSA Loan Repayment System to Recruit Substance Use Disorder Providers

HRSA flyer describing a loan repayment system to help organizations recruit substance use disorder treatment providers.

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MATx Prescribing App

SAMHSA: “MATx is a free mobile app that empowers health care practitioners to provide effective, evidence-based care for people with opioid use disorder. The app supports practitioners who currently provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT), as well as those who plan to do so in the future.”

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Medicaid Coverage of MAT and Opioid Overdose Reversal Agents

SAMHSA’s report on Medicaid Coverage of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders and of Medication for the Reversal of Opioid Overdose

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Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction, Myths and Facts

Flyer from the Legal Action Center describing myths and facts related to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

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Overview of Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances

The American Academy of Family Physicians’ factsheet on how to get started with electronic prescribing of controlled substances.

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SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Toolkit for Prescribers

SAMHSA opioid overdose prevention toolkit for prescribers, including opioid stewardship, treating opioid overdose, legal and liability considerations, claims coding and billing, and other resources for prescribers.

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Sharable Graphics and Videos

The CDC’s sharable graphics, handouts, and videos about opioids and overdose.

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The CDC’s Implementing Prescribing Guideline Into Clinical Practice Training Module

Includes training on strategies to implement the CDC’s opioid prescribing guidelines into clinical practice.

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Verify Practitioner DATA Waivers for Prescribing Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

An online tool for pharmacists to verify a prescriber’s DATA waiver for prescribing buprenophine for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

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What to Do with Leftover Medicines

Product Stewardship Institute lists resources to find pharmacy, clinic, hospital, or law enforcement locations for patients and family to drop-off leftover medications.

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Facts about Opioids, Overdose, and Treatment

Understanding the Opioid Crisis

Alabama Department of Mental Health. Tools, tips, and facts.

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Licensed to Pill Documentary

A documentary “exploring the overprescription of opioids in America.”

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Association Between Opioid Prescribing Patterns and Opioid Overdose Related Deaths, JAMA

Bohnert et al.’s JAMA study describing the association between prescribing patterns and opioid-related overdose death.

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CDC 2018 Surveillance Report Data Summary

Summary of the CDC’s 2018 report on opioid prescribing patterns, and opioid use and overdose statistics.

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Evzio®

Information on how to use and obtain Evzio®, the naloxone auto-injector to reverse opioid overdose.

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How Do Physicians Adopt and Apply Opioid Prescription Guidelines in the Emergency Department? A Qualitative Study

Kilaru et al.’s Annals of Emergency Medicine study describing how physicians adopt and apply opioid prescribing guidelines in the emergency department setting.

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Narcan® Nasal Spray

Facts about the naloxone nasal spray, Narcan®, where to purchase it, and how to use it. Includes information for individuals with opioid use disorder, their loved ones, prescribers, pharmacists, first responders, and other public health officials.

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Opioid Dose and Drug-Related Mortality in Patients With Nonmalignant Pain

Gomes et al.’s study in JAMA Internal Medicine describing the relationship between opioid dose and opioid-related mortality.

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Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain and Overdose

Dunn et al.’s Annals of Internal Medicine study estimating rates of opioid overdose and how this is associated with the average daily dose of prescribed opioids for long-term, non-cancer pain.

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Opioid Use Disorder Facts

SAMHSA opioid overdose prevention toolkit, opioid use disorder facts.

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Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: a Reseearch-based Guide

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) describes the science behind addiction and treatment for adolescents.

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Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: a Research-based Guide

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) describes the science behind addiction and treatment.

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Risk Factors for Serious Prescription Opioid-Related Toxicity or Overdose among Veterans Health Administration Patients

Zedler et al.’s study in Pain Medicine, describing risk factors associated with opioid overdose or serious toxicity in a VA setting.

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SAMHSA’s Programs and Learning Resources.

“SAMHSA’s programs and campaigns offer information, training, and technical assistance to improve the quality and delivery of behavioral health services across the nation.”

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The Impact of Opioid Risk Reduction Initiatives on High-Dose Opioid Prescribing for Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy

Korff et al.’s study in The Journal of Pain, describing the impact of opioid risk reduction efforts on high-dose opioid prescribing.

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Prescribing and Dispensing Recommendations

APS, AAPM Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Treatment in Chronic Noncancer Pain

American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine clinical guidelines for the use of chronic opioid treatment in chronic non-cancer pain.

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Assessing Benefits and Harms of Opioid Therapy Factsheet

The CDC’s factsheet with a brief overview of opioid prescribing recommendations and questions to help assess a patient’s pain.

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CDC Factsheet for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

A factsheet with a high-level overview of the CDC’s guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain.

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CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

The CDC’s prescribing guidelines for treating patients with chronic pain using opioids.

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CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline Mobile App

Access this CDC factsheet to learn more about and download the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guideline mobile app.

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Frequently Asked Questions About the CDC’s Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

Answers to some frequently asked questions about the CDC’s opioid prescribing guidelines.

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Informational Bulletin, Medication-Assisted Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and SAMHSA released an informational bulletin, Medication Assisted Treatment for Substance Use Disorders.

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Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Pocket Guide, SAMHSA

SAMHSA’s pocket guide for prescribing Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

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Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, SAMHSA

SAMHSA’s recommendations for prescribing Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). Includes evaluation and screening tools, and printable forms to give to patients.

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Naloxone, the Opioid Reversal Drug that Saves Lives

HHS recommendations for prescribing and co-prescribing naloxone to patients at high risk for an opioid overdose.

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Pain Management Best Practices, HHS Report

The HHS report emphasizes the development of an effective and comprehensive pain treatment plan after proper evaluation to establish a diagnosis, with measurable outcomes that focus on improvements, including quality of life (QOL), improved functionality, and activities of daily living (ADLs). Describes drug treatment for pain, surgical procedures, and physical therapy. Also describes the potential for alternative therapies, like meditation, yoga, and Tai Chi.

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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) CDC Factshseet

A CDC factsheet with information describing PDMPs, and how to access them in your state.

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Safer Opioid Prescribing CDC Flyer

CDC flyer describing opioid prescribing recommendations in plain language.

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The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing

The ADA’s recommendations and prescribing guidance related to substance use disorder, for dentists. Available for purchase on the ADA website.

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Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Screening Tools

SASSI SUD Screening Tools and Training

The SASSI Institute’s measures to screen individuals for substance use disorder (SUD). This website contains links to online and paper screening tools for adults and adolescents (in English and Spanish), online training and CME for providers to learn how to use these tools, and links to sign up for SASSI’s newsletters.

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News

Alabama In Top 5 For Opioid Sales In U.S.

Patch’s Michael Seale describes the results of a study looking at opioid sales in Alabama.

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AMA Opioid Task Force Recommendations Offer Roadmap to Policymakers

AMA 2019 press release describing the AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations “calling on policymakers to eliminate barriers to treatment and to take additional steps to end the opioid epidemic.” Media contact: Jack Deutsch.

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Google Maps Will Show Where to Dispose Drugs

CNN’s Kaya Yurieff discusses how to use Google’s search feature to find drug disposal locations: type “drug drop off near me” into the Google search bar.

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AP Analysis: ‘Obamacare’ Shapes Opioid Grant Spending

AP news article by Carla K. Johnson and Nicky Forster, October 2018, describing the effect of Obamacare on opioid spending and insurance coverage of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.

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Benefits of Machine Learning Algorithm for Predicting Opioid Overdoses

The Pharmacy Learning Network’s Julie Gould interviews an author of a study published in the JAMA Network Open journal about using machine-learning algorithms to predict opioid overdose.

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Calhoun County Anti-Drug Agency Installs Drug Takeback Bin at Drug Store

WBRC FOX6 News’ Dixon Hayes describes the drug take-back bin located at Downey’s Drugs on Highway 202 in Calhoun County, AL.

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DEA, Google Team Up to Make Drug Disposal Easier

The Washington Free Beacon’s Charles Fain Lehman describes the partnership between Google and the DEA to develop Google Maps’ tool for people to locate locations to dispose of unused prescription drugs.

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FDA Approves Generic Option for Opioid Dependence

Michael Potts and Julie Gould describe the FDA’s 2018 approval of a generic version of buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film.

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FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Treatment for Management of Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms in Adults

FDA press release describing Lucemyra® (lofexidine hydrochloride) for management of opioid withdrawal.

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FDA Takes Important Steps to Encourage Appropriate and Rational Prescribing of Opioids

The FDA’s final approval of new safety measures governing the use of immediate-release opioid analgesic medications is discussed in an FDA press release.

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For Beating the Opioid Crisis, America has Better Weapons than Fentanyl Test Strips

In a SAMHSA blog, Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD describes pros and cons to the use of fentanyl test strips.

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Harvard Study Names Alabama as One of the States with Highest Rate of Opioid Prescriptions

Rocket City Now’s Rebecca Petit describes a Harvard study in which Alabama was found to have one of the highest rates of opioid prescribing in the US.

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Hypnosis Could be Key Treatment for Opioid Addiction

WSFA 12 News’ Tonya Terry describes the potential for hypnotherapy in helping to treat chronic pain.

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In Pennsylvania, People Lined Up For Free Naloxone

Alabama Public Radio’s Brett Sholtis describes an event in Pennsylvania where free naloxone was given out community members.

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Insurer Cracking Down on Opioid Prescriptions

TuscaloosaNews.com describes Blue Cross Blue Shield’s 2019 changes to coverage of certain Oxycontin formulations.

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Opioid Addiction Skyrockets in Pregnant Women, CDC Says

WSFA 12 News’ Ed Payne describes the story of one mother-to-be’s search for treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.

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New Emergency Protocol Targets Opioid Addiction and Deaths

Over the Mountain Journal’s Sam Prickett describes UAB’s emergency department protocols to help combat the opioid crisis in Jefferson County, AL.

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New Degree Could Bring Help in Opioid Crisis

David Palmer of The Cullman Times describes the University of Alabama’s addition of a degree in Addiction and Recovery.

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Long-term Opioid Use for OA Varies Greatly by State

Healio Rheumatology’s Jason Laday describes a study by Desai et al. in Arthritis & Rheumatology: “Association of Geography and Access to Health Care Providers With Long‐Term Prescription Opioid Use in Medicare Patients With Severe Osteoarthritis: A Cohort Study.”

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Kids Whose Parents Use Opioids are Twice as Likely to Attempt Suicide

Florence Health news article by Rosemary Black, describing the link between opioid use among parents and suicide attempts in children. Based on a study published in the JAMA Psychiatry journal.

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Physicians in Alabama Decrease the Number of Opioids they Prescribe

WSFA 12 News reporter Samantha Day interviews an Alabama physician about how prescribers are helping to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions that are written in Alabama.

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Study Reveals Opioid Patients Face Multiple Barriers to Treatment

A Vanderbilt study found that “in areas of the country disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis, treatment programs are less likely to accept patients paying through insurance of any type or accept pregnant women.”

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Study Upends Conventional View of Opioid Mechanism of Action

NIDA, May 10, 2018 press release describing an article published in the Neuron journal.

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Ten Insights on the US Opioid Crisis from Claims Data Analysis

McKinsey & Company’s Sarun Charumilind, MD, Elena Mendez-Escobar, and Tom Latkovic describe insights on the US opioid crisis gained from analysis of health insurance claims data.

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The Opioid Crisis in Birmingham: Ways You Can Help Slow the Epidemic

Bham Now’s Sharron Mendel Swain describes the opioid epidemic in Alabama.

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To Help Fight the Opioid Crisis, a New Tool From Maps and Search

Google’s Dane Glasgow describes Google Maps’ prescription drug disposal locator tool.

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U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Naloxone and Opioid Overdose

U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Naloxone and Opioid Overdose.

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UAB Creates Program for Opioid Users

The UAB Department of Emergency Medicine is taking aim at the opioid epidemic. A new program, the ED MAT, or Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol, is funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Other partners are the UAB Center for AIDS Research and the Jefferson County Department of Health.

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Using Telemedicine to Combat the Opioid Epidemic

HHS has “developed materials to help clarify how clinicians can use telemedicine as a tool to expand buprenorphine-based MAT for opioid use disorder treatment,” described in an HHS article by Adm. Brett P. Giroir, M.D.

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Training

Alabama Department of Public Health Naloxone Dispensing

Information on Alabama’s Standing Order for pharmacists to prescribe and dispense naloxone in community pharmacies, and other naloxone training resources.

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Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS)

The American Academy of Family Physicians’ web resources and training on how to get started with electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), for both 1) solo and small practices and 2) health-system affiliated practices.

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Empowering Community Pharmacists.org

Resources and training for community pharmacists in Alabama to learn about prescribing and dispensing naloxone to prevent opioid overdose deaths.

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Harvard Medical School MAT Waiver Training for NP/PAs

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants can complete the Harvard Medical School’s MAT Waiver training to become wavered to prescribe buprenorphine for treating opioid use disorder (OUD).

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MAT Waiver Training

Learn about Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Waiver Training for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

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Opioid Response Network

“This network provides local training and education free of charge for specific needs at a community level” to help build capacity to address the opioid crisis.

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Opioid Response Network Training Event

Date/Time: July 10, 9:00am to 5:00pm; July 11, 9:00 to 4:30pm Location: Wetumpka Civic Center, 410 S Main St., Wetumpka, AL. Sponsors: Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH). Cost: Free

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Opioid Tapering Tools

QSource Resource Exchange by the Team for Innovation in MEdication Safety (TIMES), a collaborative of healthcare providers and patients in Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. The goal of TIMES is to “improve medication safety by decreasing unnecessary medication use.” Includes a pocket card on how to taper opioids, prescribing tips and when to taper opioids, communcation tips when discussing opioid tapering, a chronic pain treatment color chart, patient education materials on opioid tapering, patient education on pain management, an opioid tapering and disposal webinar, and a drug drop box and take-back event finder tool.

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Providers Clinical Support System

Training on treating chronic pain and prescribing MAT for OUD. Includes webinars, clinical resources and tools, and MAT Waiver training for physicians, NPs, and PAs. Connect with a clinical mentor and other prescribers to ask clinical questions related to OUD.

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Scope of Pain: Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

“SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics.” Online and live training options are available for “physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals whose practices manage acute and chronic pain.”

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The CDC’s Interactive Training Program

Learn how to apply the CDC’s guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain. Also includes training on motivational interviewing and other communication strategies to talk with patients about opioid use disorder.

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Understanding the Value of Health IT Educational Module

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology presents an educational module for behavioral health professionals to learn more about the value of Health IT.

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VA Mental Health Summit

Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System 2019 Mental Health Summit: “Building Bridges: Linking Mental Health & Whole Health,” July 26, 2019, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Troy University-Dothan Campus, Sony Hall, 500 University Dr., Dothan, AL 36303. To register visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cavhcs-2019-mental-health-summit-tickets-60825330200

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