Shareable resources to build your Academic Detailing program. 

Educational Tools & Materials

CDC: GUIDELINES & TOOLS
Interactive Training Series: Modules to Apply CDC's Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids
Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Infographic: Why Guidelines for Primary Care Providers?
Turn the Tide: Pocket Guide
Pharmacists: On the Front Lines
Pocket Guide: Tapering Opioids for Chronic Pain
Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain: Recommendations 
Checklist for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Nonopioid Treatments for Chronic Pain
Assessing Benefits and Harms of Opioid Therapy
Calculating Total Daily Dose of Opioids for Safer Dosage
CDC Evidenced Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What's Working in the United States (2018)  (PDF)
Implementing the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (2018) (PDF)

​CDC Shareable Graphics and Videos
CDC Opioid Guideline Mobile App: Download Here
THE VA ACADEMIC DETAILING SERVICE: PAIN & OPIOID SAFETY INITIATIVE
PUBLIC HEALTH AD PROGRAMS: OPIOID SAFETY CAMPAIGN MATERIALS 
California Department of Public Health | Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Initiative
Prescribing Guidelines (PDF)
CDC Tapering Pocket Guide (PDF)
Opioid Prescribing and Treatment Resources (PDF)
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program – CURES
Referral and Treatment Services Locator (PDF)
Related Publications (PDF)
Full Resource Sheet which contains all resources listed above (PDF)
CDC and MBC Guidelines Comparison (PDF)

Minnesota Department of Human Resources | Working Together to End the Opioid Epidemic
Discussion Guidelines for Long Term Opioid Therapy (PDF)
Discussion Guidelines for Tapering Opioids (PDF)
Discussion Guidelines for Difficult Opioids Discussions (PDF)

The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | Opioid Analgesic Campaign
Letter from the Health Commissioner
Preventing Misuse of Prescription Opioid Drugs
Opioid Calculator
Buprenorphine Pamphlet for Providers
Naloxone / Harm Reduction Palm Card
Naloxone Guidelines

The San Francisco Department of Public Health | Opioid Stewardship Campaign
Detailing Brochure: Prescribing Naloxone to Patients Who Use Opioids
Detailing Binder: Opioid Stewardship and Chronic Pain: A Guide for Primary Care Providers
Provider Brochure: Managing Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

The Rhode Island Department of Public Health | Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Program
Fact Sheet: Updated Regulations on Acute Pain Management ​
Agreement: Sample Patient - Provider Agreement for Opioid Treatment
Consent: Sample for Treatment with Opioids for Non-Cancer related Chronic Pain
Evaluation: Opioid Risk Tool 

MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) RESOURCES
  • Documentation & Charge Capture Process: Medication Assisted Treatment (PDF)
  • Business Plan for Medication Assisted Treatment (PDF)
  • Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook (Link)
  • SAMHSA Buprenorphine Practitioner Interactive Map (Link)
  • How-To Get an MAT Waiver: MD Version | NP & PA Version
  • Overview of Medication Assisted Treatment for MD/DOs, NPs, and PAs (Link)
OPIOID RESOURCES BY TOPIC
Implementation Guide: Considerations for New Programs

Addressing Stigma and Stigmatic Language
  • Recovery Research Institute: The Addictionary (Link)
  • Grayken Center for Addiction (Boston Medical Center): Words Matter (PDF) - (Example pledge for providers)
  • Central East ​Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network: Anti-Stigma Toolkit (2012) (PDF)
  • Misperceptions and the Misused Language of Addiction: Words Matter by Richard Saitz (Video)
  • Follow-up Q&A Webinar: The Role of Shame in Opioid Use Disorders (Providers Clinical Support System) (Presentation)

Chronic Pain
  • Concurrent Management of Chronic Pain and Addiction (Providers Clinical Support System) (Presentation) 
  • Managing Chronic Pain in Adults With or in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders (Guidebook)
  • SCOPE of Pain Trainer's Toolkit for Safer and Competent Prescribing Education (Toolkit)

Safe Medication Storage and Disposal 
  • American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): Opioid and Medication Safe Storage and Disposal (PDF)
  • Controlled Substance Public Disposal Location Searcher (Link)
  • FDA Disposal of Unused Medicines (Link)
  • American Academy of Othropaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Appropriate Storage and Disposal of Prescription Opioid Medicines (PDF)

Addressing Opioids in Specific Populations
Pregnant Women
  • Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center: Family-Centered Behavioral Health Support (Toolkit)
  • ​Pregnancy: Methadone and Buprenorphine (PDF)
  • Childbirth, Breastfeeding, and Infant Care: Methadone and Buprenorphine (PDF)
  • Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with OUD and their Infants (Guidebook)
  • National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (Toolkit)​

Miscellaneous and Other
PATIENT-FACING MATERIALS FOR PROVIDER
CDC:
General Resources:
​Take Charge Ohio Initiative (examples of patient-facing material design): Learn more and see even more resources at TakeChargeOhio's Healthcare Provider Toolkit Site​​

VA Academic Detailing Service:
Patient Resources (Multilingual):

​Research, Literature, & Publications

PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES: AD & OPIOIDS
NEWS RELEASES
REFERENCE ARTICLES ON PAIN
  • Argoff CE, Albrecht P, Irving G, Rice F. Multimodal analgesia for chronic pain: rationale and future directions. Pain medicine. 2009;10 Suppl 2:S53-66. Epub 2009/08/26. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00669.x. PubMed PMID: 19691685.
    PubMed
  • Ballantyne JC, Mao J. Opioid therapy for chronic pain. N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 13;349(20):1943-53.
    PubMed
  • Ballantyne JC, Shin NS. Efficacy of opioids for chronic pain: A review of the evidence. Clin J Pain. 2008 Jul-Aug;24(6):469-78.
    PubMed
  • Benedetti F, Carlino E, Pollo A. How placebos change the patient's brain. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011 Jan;36(1):339-54. doi: 10.1038/npp.2010.81. Epub 2010 Jun 30.
    PubMed
  • Boswell MV, Trescot AM, Datta S, et al. Interventional techniques: evidence-based practice guidelines in the management of chronic spinal pain. Pain Physician. 2007 Jan;10(1):7-111.
    PubMed
  • Cahana A, Dansie EJ, Theodore BR, Wilson HD, Turk DC. Redesigning delivery of opioids to optimize pain management, improve outcomes, and contain costs. Pain Med. 2013 Jan;14(1):36-42. 
    Full article PDF | PubMed
  • Carragee EJ. Clinical practice. Persistent low back pain. N Engl J Med. 2005 May 5;352(18):1891-8.
    PubMed
  • Chou R, Cruciani RA, Fiellin DA, et al. Methadone Safety: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society and College on Problems of Drug Dependence, in Collaboration With the Heart Rhythm Society. The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society 2014;15:321-37.
    Full article PDF | PubMed
  • Chou R, Fanciullo GJ, Fine PG, et al; American Pain Society-American Academy of Pain Medicine Opioids Guidelines Panel. Clinical guidelines for the use of chronic opioid therapy in chronic noncancer pain. J Pain. 2009;10:113-130. 
    The Journal of Pain
  • Chou R, Fanciullo GJ, Fine PG, Miaskowski C, Passik SD, Portenoy RK. Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: prediction and identification of aberrant drug-related behaviors: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine clinical practice guideline. J Pain. 2009 Feb;10(2):131-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.10.009.
    PubMed
  • Chou R, Qaseem A, Snow V, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Oct 2;147(7):478-91.
    PubMed
  • Christo PJ, Manchikanti L, Ruan X, Bottros M, Hansen H, Solanki DR, Jordan AE, Colson J. Urine drug testing in chronic pain. Pain Physician. 2011 Mar-Apr;14(2):123-43.
    PubMed
  • Clauw, D. Fibromyalgia: A Clinical Review. JAMA. 2014 April;16(1):1547-1555.
  • Dickenson AH, Baron R. Descending controls: insurance against pain? Pain. 2011 Dec;152(12):2677-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.003. Epub 2011 Aug 15.
    PubMed
  • Dunn KM, Sounders KW, Rutter CM, et al. Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: A cohort study. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010;152(2):85-92. 
    Ann Intern Med
  • Fine PG, Finnegan T, Portenoy RK. Protect your patients, protect your practice: Practical risk assessment in the structuring of opioid therapy in chronic pain. J Fam Pract. 2010 Sep;59(9 Suppl 2):S1-16. 
    PubMed
  • Fleming MF, Davis J, Passik SD. Reported lifetime aberrant drug-taking behaviors are predictive of current substance use and mental health problems in primary care patients.Pain Med. 2008 Nov;9(8):1098-106. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00491.x. Epub 2008 Aug 18.
    PubMed
  • Giamberardino MA, et al. Viscero-visceral hyperalgesia: characterization in different clinical models. Pain. 2010 Nov;151(2):307-22. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.06.023. Epub 2010 Jul 16.
    PubMed
  • Giesecke T, Gracely RH, Grant MA, Nachemson A, Petzke F, Williams DA, Clauw DJ. Evidence of augmented central pain processing in idiopathic chronic low back pain. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Feb;50(2):613-23.
    PubMed
  • Glombiewski JA, Sawyer AT, Gutermann J, Koenig K, Rief W, Hofmann SG. Psychological treatments for fibromyalgia: a meta-analysis. Pain. 2010 Nov;151(2):280-95. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.06.011. Epub 2010 Aug 19. 
    PubMed
  • Gourlay DL, Heit HA. Universal precautions revisited: managing the inherited pain patient. Pain Med. 2009 Jul;10 Suppl 2:S115-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00671.x.
    PubMed
  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and esearch. Washington, DC; The National Academies Press. 2011. 
    National Academies Press
  • Ives TJ, Chelminski PR, Hammett-Stabler CA,et al. Predictors of opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain: a prospective cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2006 Apr 4;6:46.
    PubMed
  • Laine C, Goldman D, Wilson, J (eds). In the Clinic Migraine.Annals of Internal Medicine. American College of Physicians. 2007(14).
    Full article PDF
  • Lamb SE, Hansen Z, Lall R, et al. Group cognitive behavioural treatment for low-back pain in primary care: a randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. Lancet. 2010 Mar 13;375(9718):916-23. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62164-4. Epub 2010 Feb 25.
    PubMed
  • Mease PJ. Further strategies for treating fibromyalgia: the role of serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.Am J Med. 2009 Dec;122(12 Suppl):S44-55. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.09.010.
    PubMed
  • Mendell JR, Sahenk Z. Clinical practice. Painful sensory neuropathy. N Engl J Med. 2003 Mar 27;348(13):1243-55.
    PubMed
  • Morasco BJ, Corson K, Turk DC, Dobscha SK. Association between substance use disorder status and pain-related function following 12 months of treatment in primary care patients with musculoskeletal pain. J Pain. 2011 Mar;12(3):352-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.07.010. Epub 2010 Sep 20.
    PubMed
  • Okie S. A flood of opioids, a rising tide of deaths. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1981-1985
    N Engl J Med
  • Portenoy RK, Fine PG. Pain TV: Chronic Pain in America.Medscape Education Family Medicine, 2011 Oct 14. Available from: http://www.medscape.org/sites/advances/pain-tv 
    Medscape Online Video Learning Modules - Subscription Required
  • Ramachandran VS. Plasticity and functional recovery in neurology. Clin Med. 2005 Jul-Aug;5(4):368-73.
    PubMed
  • Reisfield GM. Medical cannabis and chronic opioid therapy. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2010 Dec;24(4):356-61. doi: 10.3109/15360288.2010.519431.
    PubMed
  • Richardson LP, Russo JE, Katon W, McCarty CA, Devries A, Edlund MJ, Martin BC, Sullivan M. Mental Health Disorders and Long-term Opioid Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Chronic Pain. J Adolesc Health. 2012 Jun;50(6):553-8. Epub 2012 Feb 28.
    PubMed
  • Sullivan LE, Fiellin DA. Narrative review: buprenorphine for opioid-dependent patients in office practice. Ann Intern Med. 2008 May 6;148(9):662-70.
    PubMed
  • Sullivan MD. Who gets high-dose opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain? Pain. 2010 Dec;151(3):567-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.08.036. Epub 2010 Sep 9.
    PubMed
  • Turk DC, Wilson, HD, Cahana A. Treatment of chronic non-cancer pain.linder1 The Lancet. 2011 (Jun25);377:2226-2235. 
    PubMed
  • Verdu B, Decosterd I, Buclin T, et al. Antidepressants for the treatment of chronic pain. Drugs. 2008;68(18):2611-2632.
    PubMed
  • Walker JM, Farney RJ, Rhondeau SM, Boyle KM, Valentine K, Cloward TV, Shilling KC. Chronic opioid use is a risk factor for the development of central sleep apnea and ataxic breathing. J Clin Sleep Med. 2007 Aug 15;3(5):455-61.
    PubMed
  • Woolf CJ; American College of Physicians; American Physiological Society. Pain: moving from symptom control toward mechanism-specific pharmacologic management.Ann Intern Med. 2004 Mar 16;140(6):441-51.
    PubMed
  • Woolf CJ. Central sensitization: implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain. Pain. 2011 Mar;152(3 Suppl):S2-15. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.09.030. Epub 2010 Oct 18.
    PubMed
  • Yunus MB. Fibromyalgia and Overlapping Disorders: The Unifying Concept of Central Sensitivity Syndromes. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 2007(Jun);36(6):339-356. 
    PubMed
PRESENTATIONS, VIDEO TOOLS, & SPECIAL FEATURES 
Presentation: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic: The New York State Department of Health | Kitty Gelberg, Ph.D., MPH, Director, Bureau of Occupational Health & Injury Prevention | Columbia University Medical Center: Center for Injury Epidemiology & Prevention

Presentation & Video:  Public Health Plenary: Academic Detailing to Improve Opioid Safety (ADIOS) | San Francisco Department of Public Health

Video Talk: Statewide Strategies Combatting Opioids |  Youtube | Dr. Karen Smith, Director of CDPH: 

Presentation:  Gaining Clinician Access: Success & Challenges in AD Primary Care Physician Recruitment | Patricia Chan, BScPharm, PharmD & Tanya Marshall, BScPharm, PharmD | Download Slidedeck PDF​

Presentation: Your AD Territory is HOW Big? Trials, Tribulations, and Breakthroughs in Rural AD (Aron Nenninger,  BScPharm, RPh  & Cristi Froyman, BScPharm, RPh) | Watch Complete Video Recording

Video Training Tools: Examples of a Public Health Academic Detailing Visit | San Francisco Department of Public Health's HIV PrEP Campaign
Video/Scenario #1 | Video/Scenario #2 | Q+A Reflection Segment

Webinar: Academic Detailing: Changing Prescriber Behavior Through Brief, In-Person Encounters | San Francisco Department of Public Health

Special Blog: Prioritizing Evaluation for Opioid-Related Initiatives: The ​National Academic Detailing Service’s ​Opioid Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution (OEND) Program ​​​​
PROGRAM EVALUATION & TRACKING TOOLS


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