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Support adoption of best practice policies relating to pain management and prescribing practices
- Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths – United States, 2010-2015
- SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
- MMWR: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016
- JAMA Special Communication: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
- CDC Prescribing Guidelines Fact Sheet
- CDC Prescribing Guidelines Clinical Tools
- CDC Prescribing Guidelines Mobile App
- CDC Prescribing Guidelines Pharmacist Brochure
- Example Clinical Policy Regarding Patients on Long-term Controlled Substances (University of Michigan)
- Model Policy on the Use of Opioid Analgesics in the Treatment of Chronic Pain (Federation of State Medical Boards)
- How to Monitor Opioid Use for Your Patients with Chronic Pain (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Sample Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances for Pain (Medical Board of California)
- Altarum Institute: Advancing Responsible Opioid Prescribing
Increase utilization of North Dakota’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
- ND Board of Pharmacy Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- CDC PDMP Fact Sheet
- PDMP Training and Technical Assistance Center
- SAMHSA Using Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Data to Support Prevention Planning
- SAMHSA Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: A Guide for Healthcare Providers
- Improvements to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Can Help Stop Overdose Deaths
Promote safe use of medication through comprehensive messaging
Increase availability of naloxone
The purchasing of naloxone cannot be supported by Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPT BG) prevention set-aside funding.
HOW TO PURCHASE NALOXONE:
- Brand Names for Naloxone:
- Narcan Nasal Spray
- Adapt Pharma Narcan Distributor
- Bulk orders available for first responders or community organizations at the retail price ($75/prescription) www.narcandirect.com
- Adapt provides access to 2 cartons of Narcan Nasal Spray (4 doses) to every high school throughout the country and up to 4 cartons for Title IV degree-granting 2- and 4-year institutions at no cost. www.narcan.com/community/education-awareness-and-training-resources
- Evzio Naloxone Injection
- Narcan Nasal Spray
- Template standing order for distribution of naloxone to community programs
- This blank standing order can be filled in by a prescriber as a standing order to distribute Narcan Nasal Spray to different individuals or organizations. It has two appendices:
- a naloxone distribution form for individuals receiving naloxone at an agency/organization
- a naloxone distribution form that can be used during larger events
- Note: this template will need to be revised if you choose to utilize a different form of naloxone other than Narcan
- This blank standing order can be filled in by a prescriber as a standing order to distribute Narcan Nasal Spray to different individuals or organizations. It has two appendices:
GENERAL INFORMATION:
- Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths – United States, 2010-2015
- SAMHSA General Naloxone Information
TRAINING RESOURCES
Promote evidence-based overdose prevention through comprehensive messaging.
Increase number of pharmacists prescribing naloxone