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Healthcare Professionals
We offer evidence-based best practices and the latest research in an effort to support healthcare professionals and change the trajectory of the opioid epidemic. On this site, you’ll find up-to-date resources for: 
Surgery – Learn the Facts: Opioids and Pain Management
Ask questions and know the facts before using opioids for your pain.
- What is an opioid?
- Understanding the risks of using opioids
- Understanding pain after surgery
- Using opioids safely
- Safe storage & disposal of opioids
Acute Care Opioid Prescribing Guide
This Guide is a compilation of resources to support evidence-based acute care opioid prescribing.
Pain Control Optimization Pathway
The Pain Control Optimization Pathway (POP) is an innovative, opioid sparing, acute pain management plan. Carefully tailored to meet the demands of specific surgical procedures, POP provides uncompromising pain management to opioid-naïve patients by focusing on education and functional recovery goals.
Dental – Learn the Facts: Opioids and Pain Management
Ask questions and know the facts before using opioids for your pain.
- What is an opioid?
- Understanding the risks of using opioids
- Understanding pain after a dental procedure
- Using opioids safely
- Safe storage & disposal of opioids
Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (CDC)
Intended to improve communication between providers and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose.
Acute Care Opioid Treatment and Prescribing Recommendations: Emergency Department
Prescribing recommendations from the Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Commission (PDOAC) for the emergency department. These step-by-step recommendations will assist surgeons prepare for appointments, suggest alternative acute pain therapies for patients, and provide post-procedural guidelines to treat acute pain.
Acute Care Opioid Treatment and Prescribing Recommendations: Dental
Prescribing recommendations from the Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Commission (PDOAC) for dentists. These step-by-step recommendations will assist surgeons prepare for appointments, suggest alternative acute pain therapies for patients, and provide post-procedural guidelines to treat acute pain.
Acute Care Opioid Treatment and Prescribing Recommendations: Surgical Department
Prescribing recommendations from the Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Commission (PDOAC) for surgeons. These step-by-step recommendations will assist surgeons prepare for appointments, suggest alternative acute pain therapies for patients, and provide post-procedural guidelines to treat acute pain.
Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers
This free course will empower non-prescribing providers and other learners in directly impacting the opioid epidemic through increased knowledge and tools to transform practice and policies.
Michigan Opioid Laws
This poster, placed in your waiting or exam rooms, helps patients understand the requirements and limitations, mandated by Michigan law, when writing for prescription opioids.
Only available for organizations in Michigan