Balancing Pain Management and Prescription Opioid Abuse

Residency educators may download and use the following slides for their own teaching purposes.

Prescription Drug Abuse and Overdose: Public Health Perspective (PDF [1.6MB], PPT [14.9MB])

Managing Pain with and without Opioids in the Primary Care Setting (PDF [1.30MB])

New NIDAMED Tools and Resources for Addressing Prescription Drug Abuse (PDF [940KB], PPT [5.4MB])

Pain Management Discussion Questions [PDF 106KB]

• CDC Vital Signs—Prescription Painkiller Overdoses: Use and Abuse of Methadone as a Painkiller
• CDC Vital Signs—Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the US
• Policy Impact: Prescription Painkiller Overdoses
• Prescription Drug Overdoses: State Laws
• Poisoning In the United States: Fact Sheet
• Interpreting Risks and Ratios in Therapy Trials
• Prescriber Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies Training
• National Institute on Drug Abuse E-Tools Innovations
  New online training tool for health care providers on proper prescribing practices for painkillers