pain patient education

From Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series from SAMHSA, published in 2012. Title implies this is related to chronic opioid therapy for patients in recovery from substance use disorders, which it is, but it also is relevant to use of chronic opioid therapy for all patients and preventing substance use disorders.

This booklet is for people who have osteoarthritis, as well as family members, friends, and others who want to find out more about it. The booklet describes causes, diagnosis, and treatments, and research efforts to learn more about osteoarthritis, many of which are supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health (NIH). If you have further questions after reading this booklet, you may wish to discuss them with your doctor.

This booklet is for people who have back pain, as well as family members, friends, and others who want to find out more about it. The booklet describes causes, diagnosis, and treatments, and research efforts to learn more about back pain, many of which are supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health (NIH). If you have further questions after reading this booklet, you may wish to discuss them with your doctor.

Information about Opioid Misuse, Abuse, and Addiction. It also provides the SISAP and CAGE-AID screening tool questionnaires.

This is a tool from Opioidrisk.com. This Key Info Guide includes: substance abuse/addiction and pain assessment tools for use at initial evaluation or during ongoing monitoring, and psychopathology tools for identification of comorbid conditions.

This is a tool from http://www.opioidrisk.com. This Key Info guide provides: a synopsis of the main Federal regulations on prescribing opioids, information on how Federal and state regulations interact, access to the complete Federal regulations and State regulations on prescribing opioids, and case examples.

This is a tool from http://www.opioidrisk.com. This Key Info guide discusses: support and opposition for chronic opioid therapy (COT), opioids for specific pain diagnoses, using opioid therapy in different patient populations, specific opioid medications, literature reviews on COT, and ongoing and future studies of COT.

Guidelines on the treatment (both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods) of osteoarthritis provided by the U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

An overview of medications for treating trigeminal neuralgia.

An overview of medications to treat migraine headaches.