Tools

Interactive tools and recent publications that can be used regularly or referenced to help pharmacists treat patients using opioids.

• Addiction Medicine Toolkit (CDC)
• Opioid Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy (APhA)
• Medicare Opioid Care Coordination Soft Edit in 2019 and 2020 (APhA)
• Medicare Part D Opioid Safety Edits in 2019 and 2020 (APhA)
• FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)
• Pharmacy Toolkit (Allied Against Opioid Abuse)
• 2019 Medicare Part D Opioid Policies: Information for Pharmacists (a webinar is also available) (CMS)   
• Opioid Overdose Reversal with Naloxone (NIDA)
• Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit (SAMHSA)
• State Pharmacist Recovery Network Resources (APhA Pain, Palliative Care, and Addiction Special Interest Group)
• RESPOND - Prescriber Communication Strategy 
• CDC Opioid Guideline Mobile App
• Buprenorphine Treatment Physician Locator
• Medicare Part D Opioid Mapping Tool
• OpioidCalc: A tool to address the opioid analgesic overdose epidemic
• Stakeholders’ Challenges and Red Flag Warning Signs Related to Prescribing and Dispensing Controlled Substances
• Medicines Recommended for Disposal by Flushing
• Find a Treatment Center for Prescription Drug Abuse
• Tools for Pharmacists to Help Reverse the Opioid Epidemic (California Health Care Foundation) 
• Opioid Risk Tool