This patient guide from the Veterans Health Administration addresses safe and responsible use of opioids to treat chronic pain. It includes information about opioid medications, patient pain care plans, alternatives to opioids for pain management, possible side effects of opioids, and how to take opioids Continue reading
Resource Tag: Veterans
Do You Take Both Opioids and Benzodiazepines? Patient Education Brochure
A patient brochure from the Veterans Health Administration about the risks of taking opioids and benzodiazepines together. Discusses the heightened risk of overdose when the medications are taken together and dispels myths about the medications such as the idea that people who have been taking the two medications for a long time are not at risk of overdose. Part of a series of resources about opioid safety for patients Continue reading
My Pain Medication: Am I at Risk for an Accidental Drug Poisoning?
A patient brochure from the Veterans Health Administration educating patients about the risks of accident drug poisoning from prescription opioids. Using a true/false question format, it addresses the myth that prescription opioids when used as prescribed do not pose a risk of accidental poisoning. Part of a series of resources about opioid safety for patients from the Veterans Health Administration.
Funding Source: Veterans Health Administration
Opioid Overdose Prevention – Spanish
A Spanish language brochure about opioid overdose prevention from the Veterans Health Administration. It includes information about identifying an overdose, how to respond to an overdose, and steps to take to improve safety if one does choose to use opioids. Part of a series of resources about opioid safety for patients from the Veterans Health Administration.
Funding Source: Veterans Health Administration
Opioid Overdose Prevention
A brochure about opioid overdose prevention from the Veterans Health Administration. It includes information about identifying an overdose, how to respond to an overdose, and steps to take to improve safety if one does choose to use opioids. Part of a series of resources about opioid safety for patients from the Veterans Health Administration.
Funding Source: Veterans Health Administration
Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) Program – Quick Reference Fact Sheet
This 2 page fact sheet for providers explains the Veteran’s Administration’s Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) Program. It includes basic information about naloxone and which patients should be offered a prescription for the overdose reversing medication. Also includes a check list of information to provide patients and a list of questions to ask after naloxone has been used for a rescue. Continue reading
Opioid Use Disorder – Identification and Management of Opioid Use Disorder – A Quick Reference Guide
This clinician’s quick guide from the Veterans Health Administration provides information to assist providers in making treatment decisions about opioid use disorder (OUD). Includes sections on recognizing opioid intoxication and withdrawal, interpreting urine drug tests, how to become a qualified buprenorphine provider, medication assisted treatment options, management of co-occurring HIV and HCV, and Continue reading
Opioid Use Disorder – A VA Clinician’s Guide to Identification and Management of Opioid Use Disorder
This clinician’s guide from the Veterans Health Administration discusses opioid use disorder (OUD). It includes sections on the need to reduce stigma, how to use accurate and non-judgmental language, how to identify patients with OUD and determine the severity of their condition, how to engage patients in treatment, and how to provide OUD treatment in a primary care setting. Continue reading
Opioids – Do You Know the Truth About Opioid Use Disorder?
This patient brochure from the Veterans Health Administration provides basic information about opioid use disorder and addresses aspects of stigma. It uses a format of posing True or False questions such as: are opioids effective for the long-term management of pain? Is developing opioid use disorder a choice? And is it true that people can never recover from opioid use disorder? Continue reading
Opioid Safety Brochure – Spanish
This Spanish language 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