Opioid Toolkit
As part of our commitment to both health partners and members, we want to provide resources that support your professional practice and encourage best practices in opioid use and pain management. Evidence-based medicine does not support long-term opioid treatment for chronic pain.
CareSource offers the following resources as reference when treating patients with long-term high-dose opiate use.
Prescribing/Dosages
- CDC Prescription Drug Monitoring
- CDC Calculating Total Daily Dose
- Fact Sheet – CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Other
- Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants
- CDC Assessing Benefits and Harms of Opioid Therapy
- CDC Nonopioid Treatments for Chronic Pain
- Conditions – Hospital Readmissions
Drug Safety: Take Back Programs
Community Drug Take Back Programs are the safest opportunity to dispose of leftover medications to protect families, those at risk for drug abuse, and our environment.
- Members can find a drug take back location near them by going here.
- Information on needle exchange programs can be found here.
Additional guidelines for safe medicine and needle disposal can be found at the FDA website or the EPA website.