Resources
General Case Resources
Prescription Pain Pills - Patient/Caregiver Education
Sample Opioid Pain Management Agreement
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Additional Resources
“Recovering Addict: Treating Pain Can Prove Deadly” http://news.wgbh.org/2017/02/28/news/recovering-addict-treating-pain-can-prove-deadly
“Opioids: A Physician Father’s Plea” http://www.telegram.com/opinion/20170403/opioids-physician-fathers-plea
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Boston Globe: Nearly 2000 Die for Opioid Overdose in MA Last Year
SAMHSA website for MAT http://store.samhsa.gov/apps/mat/
"A Day in the Emergency Room - Opioid Rescue in Action (simulation)"
Treatment of Cancer Pain
Boston Globe: Doctors and Cutting Opioids, Even if it Harms Patients
Recommendations from the Governor’s Medical Education Working Group on Prescription Drug Misuse:
Medical Education Core Competencies for the Prevention and Management of Prescription Drug Misuse
Action Plan to Address the Opioid Epidemic in the Commonwealth – Update January 8, 2016
PBS NewsHour Interview with Governor Baker
Health and Human Services – State Without StigMA
“Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain – Achieving the Right Balance Through Education”, Daniel P. Alford, M.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal of Medicine, January 28, 2016
District Attorney Early Forms Central Massachusetts Opiate Task Force
JAMA Article: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain—United States, 2016
Opioid Documentary in the City of Marlborough, by Cathleen Liberty
President Obama's Press Conference on the Opioid Epidemic
T&G Coverage of DPH Commissioner Bharel's 7/27 Visit to Learn About OSTI
UMassMed Now Coverage of DPH Commissioner Bharel's 7/27 Visit to Learn About OSTI
Surgeon General 2016 Executive Summary Report on Addiction
Dr. Kavita Babu Discusses Surgeon General’s Report: “Facing Addiction in America”