Tools & Resources
for Your Patients

Access to Patient Opioid Information

Patient education can be a key component in helping prevent and manage opioid misuse and addiction.

By helping patients better understand how they can remove opioids from their home, find questions to ask prescribers, and access opioid information and facts, you can empower patients to make healthy decisions.

Safely Removing Opioids From the Home

Information on how to keep families and their communities safe by disposing of unused or expired prescription opioids in the home.
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Opioid Patient Fact Sheet

Easy-to-understand opioid information for patients from the CDC.
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What to Know About Prescribed Opioids for Teens & Young Adults

Risks and safety precautions parents should know when opioids are prescribed for a child, and what to ask their doctor.
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Free eBook on Heroin, Fentanyl & Other Opioids

How the epidemic began, how to keep the community safe, and how to help a loved one.
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Medication Safety Text Messaging Program

Patients can receive tips and important safety information about their opioid prescription.
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*This campaign is supported by the FDA of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of financial assistance award U18FD004593, with 100% funded by the FDA/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, the FDA/HHS or the US Government.

References

U.S. Overdose Deaths In 2021 Increased Half as Much as in 2020 – But Are Still Up 15%. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/202205.htm
Vowles KE, McEntee ML, Julnes PS, Frohe T, Ney JP, van der Goes DN. Rates of opioid misuse, abuse, and addiction in chronic pain: a systematic review and data synthesis. Pain. 2015;156(4):569-576.
Why guidelines for primary care providers? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Accessed August 6, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/guideline_infographic-a.pdf
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Accessed August 6, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdmp/providers.html
PDMP policies and practices. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center website. Accessed August 6, 2021. https://www.pdmpassist.org/Policies
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Accessed July 1, 2022. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/reports/rpt35325/NSDUHFFRPDFWHTMLFiles2020/2020NSDUHFFR1PDFW102121.pdf
Jones CM. Heroin use and heroin use risk behaviors among nonmedical users of prescription opioid pain relievers—United States, 2002-2004 and 2008-2010. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013;132(1-2):95-100.
Issue brief: Nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic continues to worsen. American Medical Association website. https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/issue-brief-increases-in-opioid-related-overdose.pdf
U.S. state opioid dispensing rates, 2020. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Accessed July 1, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/rxrate-maps/state2020.html

Tools & Resources for Your Patients

Access to Patient Opioid Information

Tools & Resources
for Your Patients