This patient brochure from the Veterans Health Administration discusses opioid safety with a focus on identifying opioid overdose and how to respond to an overdose. Part of a series of resources about opioid safety for patients from the Veterans Health Administration. Funding Source: Veterans Health Administration
This patient brochure about opioid safety from the Veterans Health Administration includes information on topics such as: what are opioids, what is an opioid overdose, what does safe use of opioids mean, and a list of “opioid do’s and don’ts.” Part of a series of resources about opioid safety for patients from the Veterans Health Administration. Funding Source: Veterans Affairs Academic Detailing Service
This patient guide from the Veterans Health Administration shows how to use naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose. Includes information about how to have the medication available in case it’s needed, how to assess a person for opioid overdose, and how to administer naloxone nasal spray, Part of a series of resources about opioid safety for patients from the Veterans Health Administration. Funding Source: Pharmacy Benefits Management Academic Detailing Service, Veterans Health Administration
This clinician’s guide from the Veterans Health Administration addresses the increased risk of suicide in patients with chronic pain. It includes information on what providers should look for when assessing the risk of suicide, strategies for working with patients to reduce suicide, and what to do if the provider suspects a patient is suicidal. Funding Source: Veterans Administration Academic Detailing Service
This 2 page patient guide form the Veterans Health Administration explains the risks and side effects of benzodiazepine medications including information about the possible signs of benzodiazepine withdrawal. It also includes basic information about tapering off of benzodiazepine medications including tips to help patients successfully manage a benzodiazepine taper. Funding Source: Pharmacy Benefits Management Academic Detailing Service, Veterans Health Administration
This quick guide from the Veteran’s Health Administration provides information for clinicians on re-evaluating the use of benzodiazepines to treat depression, anxiety, and insomnia in Veterans. Includes guidance on how to manage benzodiazepine withdrawal, how to design and manage a medication taper, how to understand and treat anxiety and trauma related disorders, and detailed information about alternative
A 2 page provider’s guide from the Veterans Health Administration on how to communicate the risks of benzodiazepine medications to patients. Also includes guidance on discussing benzodiazepine discontinuation with the patient, and how to design a structured tapering plan based on the medication dosage and elimination half-life. Funding Source: Pharmacy Benefits Management Academic Detailing Service, Veterans Health Administration
The Veterans Health Administration created this clinician’s guide to reevaluating the use of benzodiazepines in treating depression, anxiety and insomnia in Veterans. The guide includes information about the significant risks of benzodiazepines including patients developing physical dependence on the medications and their association with patient accidents and fatalities and recommends that benzodiazepines should
This guide to managing acute pain was created by the Veterans Administration to help their clinicians reduce opioid prescriptions while also treating their patient’s pain. The guide presents a step-wise approach to pain management: step 1 prioritzes non-pharmacological treatments, step 2 consists of non-pharmacological approaches and non-opioid pharmacotherapy second, and step 3 adds short term use of short-acting
Website for Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-Centered 12-step recovery program which offers support meetings, trainings and conferences for people in recovery from addiction. The organization also has specific programs for military personnel and veterans, pastors in recovery, Native Nations, and an initiative to reduce the stigma