NIH: STAT Pearls: Responsible Controlled Substance and Opioid Prescribing
Horn DB, Vu L, Porter BR, et al. Responsible Controlled Substance and Opioid Prescribing. [Updated 2025 Mar 28]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from: ...
AHRQ: Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is common, and opioid therapy is frequently prescribed for this condition. This report updates and expands on a prior Comparative Effectiveness Review on long-term (≥1 year) effectiveness and ...
Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium Guideline on Safer Opioid Prescribing
Use this one-page guideline for patients aged ≥ 18 years with acute or chronic pain outside of palliative and end-of-life care.
PCSS Pain Core Curriculum
This is a comprehensive educational curriculum for clinicians and healthcare professionals treating pain and addressing concerns related to opioid use disorder (OUD). This curriculum consists of 14 modules covering essential ...
SCOPE of Pain
SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with ...
Clinical Practice Guideline at a Glance
A condensed overview of the updated practice guidelines.
CDC resource related to Opioids in general
Basic information about opioids and how they are prescribed for a general audience.
FDA: What to Ask Your Doctor Before Taking Opioids: A Checklist
Opioid medications can have very serious side effects. Please use this checklist as a guide when asking your health care provider questions BEFORE Taking opioids.
Acute Care Opioid Treatment and Prescribing Recommendations: Surgical
These recommendations will assist surgeons with: Scroll down to “Acute Pain Recommendations” to download the pdf.
Acute Care Opioid Treatment and Prescribing Recommendations: Emergency Department
The recommendations will assist ED physicians in treating and prescribing patients: Scroll down to “Acute Pain Recommendations” to download the pdf.