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Opioid Addiction: Treatment and Withdrawal
Resources to give more information about the national opioid addiction crisis.
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Key Resources
Recognizing Signs of Opioid Abuse
Prescribing Controlled Substances
Pain Management
Drug Information
Patient Information
Treatment and Withdrawal
Treatments for Addiction and Overdose
Information on Overdoses
Withdrawal
Continuing Education Courses
Opioid Abuse Articles in UpToDate
Where to Find More Information
Treatments for Addiction and Overdose
The ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use (American Society of Addiction Medicine)
CMS Roadmap to Address the Opioid Epidemic
Community management of opioid overdose (World Health Organization)
Effective Treatments for Opioid Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
End the Opioid Epidemic (American Medical Association)
Fentanyl: Safety Recommendations for First Responders (US Drug Enforcement Administration)
Key Findings from RAND Health's Research on Opioid Policy (RAND Corporation)
Naloxone (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Naloxone (National Library of Medicine: Drug Information Portal)
NC's Opioid Action Plan, 2017-2021 (NC Department of Health and Human Services)
Opiate Addiction and Treatment (National Library of Medicine)
Opioid Treatment Program Directory (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Pharmacologic Guidelines for Treating Individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Co-Occurring Opioid Use Disorders (SAMHSA)
Pocket Guide: Tapering Opioids for Chronic Pain (CDC)
Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care (AHRQ)
UNC Horizons: Two decades of healing moms and babies (UNC Health Care Newsroom)
Information on Overdoses
Death Rates from Unintentional and Undetermined Prescription Opioid Overdoses and Dispensing Rates of Controlled Prescription Opioid Analgesics – 2011-2015 (NC Medical Journal)
Legal Interventions to Reduce Overdose Mortality (The Network for Public Health Law)
The Opioid Epidemic: The State of the State (NC Department of Health and Human Services)
Opioid Overdose (CDC)
Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Prescription Opioid Overdose Data
President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (The White House)
Withdrawal
Opiate and opioid withdrawal (MedlinePlus)
Recovering from Opioid Overdose: Resources for Overdose Survivors & Family Members (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
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