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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
- Addiction Science Resources
- Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health
Opioids and the Opioid Crisis
- Opioids
- Opioid Overdose Crisis
- New Study Reveals What Clinicians Should Know About Suspected Overdoses (1:36)
- Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Life-Saving Science
- NIH Director Francis Collins on America’s opioid crisis (5:08) – Washington Post
- Naloxone in the Schools Tool Kit – National Association of School Nurses
- Opioids, Pregnancy and Neonatal Care
Opioid Prescribing
- Improving Opioid Prescribing
- CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – CDC
- Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy – FDA
- Opioids – HHS
- 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
Marijuana Use and Pregnancy
- What science says about Tobacco + Marijuana + Pregnancy – NIDA
- Prenatal Risk and Infant Regulation: Indirect Pathways via Fetal Growth and Maternal Prenatal Stress and Anger – National Institutes of Health
- Marijuana Pregnancy Use During Pregnancy and Lactation – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Prevention
- Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood
- Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents (In Brief)
- The Good Behavior Game
Screening & Assessment Tools
For a compilation of screening and assessment tools, please visit:
Tobacco/Nicotine and E-Cigs
Safeguarding Your Medicine
Discipline Spotlights
For Emergency Physicians:
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For Dentists:
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- ADA, NIH look for ways to collaborate on dentistry's role in preventing opioid misuse
- ADA Announces New March 26 Policy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic-Mandatory CE
- A White Paper on Opioid Prescribing" from the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (PDF, 184KB)
- The Role of Dental Education in the Prevention of Opioid Prescription Drug Misuse
For Pharmacists:
- Naloxone Access in Community Pharmacies
- Addiction Treatment Resources (NAPB)
- Opioid Use, Abuse and Misuse Resource Center (APHA)
For Family Physicians:
Health Professions Education
CME/CE Activities
Addiction Medicine Subspecialty
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.
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NIDA Centers of Excellence (CoE) for Physician Information: Curriculum on substance use disorders. Choose curriculum resources based on:
Treatment
- Treatment Information
- Medications to Treat Opioid Addiction
- Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
- Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations – A Research-Based Guide
- Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)
- Research Report: Therapeutic Communities
- 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
For Patients
For Adults
- Easy-to-Read Drug Facts
- Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask
- Drugs, Brain, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
- Fact sheets on: prescription drugs, marijuana, and treatment options.
- Posters encouraging patient-physician conversations and prescription drugs
- Opioid Addiction Treatment: A Guide for Patients, Families and Friends
- NIDA Website in Spanish
- Drug Facts
- SAMHSA’s National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services Locator
For Teens
For Parents
- Family Checkup: Positive Parenting Prevents Drug Abuse highlights parenting skills that are important in preventing the initiation and progression of drug use among youth.
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