Search and Rescue

Tools & Resources
for Your Patients

Create a Foundation of Knowledge

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

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 give them the foundation they need.

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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When Pain Relievers Are Prescribed to Teens & Young Adults

Insights on what parents should know when pain relievers are prescribed to their children, 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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdose Death Rates. https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates. Accessed March 21, 2021.
Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program. The consequences of COVID-19 on the overdose epidemic: Overdoses are increasing. https://files.constantcontact.com/a923b952701/dbf0b5a5-f730-4a6f-a786-47097f1eea78.pdf. Accessed March 21, 2021.
American Medical Association. Issue brief: Reports of increases in opioid- and other drug-related overdose and other concerns during COVID pandemic. https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2020-12/issue-brief-increases-in-opioid-related-overdose.pdf. Accessed March 21, 2021.
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. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/guideline_infographic-a.pdf. Accessed March 21, 2021.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. Results From the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Detailed Tables. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2019-nsduh-detailed-tables. Published September 2020. Accessed March 21, 2021.
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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdmp/providers.html. Accessed April 5, 2021.
Prescription drug monitoring frequently asked questions (FAQ). Brandeis University. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center website. https://www.pdmpassist.org/Policies. Accessed March 21, 2021.
U.S. State Opioid Dispensing Rates, 2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/maps/rxstate2019.html. Accessed April 5, 2021.