Opioid Toolkit
As part of our commitment to both health partners and members, we want to provide resources that support your professional practice and encourage best practices in opioid use and pain management. Evidence-based medicine does not support long-term opioid treatment for chronic pain.
秋葵app offers the following resources as reference when treating patients with long-term high-dose opiate use.
Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain and Related Information
Prescribing/Dosages
- – Guideline for safely and effectively prescribing opioids
- – Calculating the daily dosage of opioids helps to identify individuals who may benefit from closer monitoring, reduction, or tapering of opioids to reduce risk of overdose
- – Checklist before prescribing opioids for chronic pain
- – Guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain and when to taper
Tapering
Non-Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain
Special Populations
Opioid Treatment and Pregnancy
- – Risk factors for high-risk substance use and prevention
Safe Medication Management
- – Medication disposal resources and education
- – Utilization and education
Benefits
- Behavioral Health Covered Benefits and Services – Behavioral health covered services per market and product
Provider Clinical Tools and Resources
- – 秋葵app has created a new Controlled Substance Report (CSR) as an enhanced clinical tool for our providers to help them monitor their prescribing habits. This report is available for participating providers 24/7 through the 秋葵app Provider Portal.
Other Resources
- National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Naloxone Resources
秋葵app Behavioral Health Addiction Line – 1-833-674-6437
Drug Safety: Take Back Programs
Community Drug Take Back Programs can provide the safest opportunity for individuals to dispose of their leftover medications in order to protect families, those at risk for drug abuse, and our environment.
Members can find a drug take back location near them by going .
Information on needle exchange programs can be found at .
Additional guidelines for safe medicine and needle disposal can be found at the or the .