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NIDAMED’s mission is to disseminate science-based resources to health professionals on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction, and advances in pain management.
For Your Practice
Addiction Science
Opioid Information
- Opioids
- Opioid Crisis
- Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Life-Saving Science
- NIH Director Francis Collins on America’s opioid crisis (5:08) – Washington Post
- Prescription Opioid Use – American Dental Association
- Naloxone in the Schools Tool Kit – National Association of School Nurses
Opioid Prescribing
- Improving Opioid Prescribing
- CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – CDC
- Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy – FDA
- Opioids – HHS
- Prevention of Prescription Opioid Use: The Role of the Dentist
- Transforming Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care: Resources for Prescribers, Pharmacists and Patients
- Other Opioid Prescribing Resources
- Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Waiver Qualifying - 8 Hours Online – American Society of Addiction Medicine
- Opioid Prescribing: Safe Practice, Changing Lives – American Society of Addiction Medicine
Pain Management
- Pain
- NIDA’s Strategic Plan
- Responsibly and Sensitively Addressing Chronic Pain Amid an Opioid Crisis
- Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain - The American College of Physicians
- Managing Chronic Pain - California Academy of Family Physicians
Medical Marijuana
Screening Tools for Substance Abuse
Substance Use Treatment
- Treatment Information
- Medications to Treat Opioid Addiction
- NIDA/SAMHSA Blending Initiative – Accelerating the dissemination of research-based drug abuse treatment into clinical practice
- Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
- Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations – A Research-Based Guide
- Research Report: Therapeutic Communities
- DrugFacts – Treatment Statistics
- Effective Treatments for Opioid Addiction
- National Guidelines for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use (PDF, 1MB) – American Society of Addiction Medicine
Health Professions Education
CMEs
Curriculum Resources
- NIH Pain Consortium’s Centers of Excellence in Pain Education: Curriculum resources for medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy students to enhance and improve how health care professionals are taught about pain and its treatment.
- NIDA Centers of Excellence (CoE) for Physician Information: Curriculum on substance use disorders. Choose curriculum resources based on:
Patient Resources
- Patient Materials
- Drug Facts
- NIDA for Teens
- NIDA Website in Spanish
- Opioid Addiction Treatment: A Guide for Patients, Families and Friends – American Society of Addiction Medicine
Safeguarding Medicines
Disposal of Unused Medicines: What You Should Know - FDA
The Medicine Abuse Project Safeguard: Take action and do your part to help end medicine abuse.
Accessing Clinical Trial Information
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