For Patients

• Find A Treatment Clinic
• Opioid Overdose Prevention: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Information

• Prescription Opioids: What You Need to Know
• Promoting Safer and More Effective Pain Management
• Pregnancy and Opioid Pain Medications

Risks and Benefits of Opioids

• Assessing Benefits and Harms of Opioid Therapy
• FDA Drug Safety Communication Regarding the Combined Use of Opioids & Benzodiazepines
• The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain

How to Taper Opioids for Chronic Pain

• CDC Pocket Guide: Tapering Opioids for Chronic Pain
• Louisiana Medicaid Provider Update, Nov 2016: Tapering Opioids for Chronic Pain

Please also see the Resources page for more information