Find recommendations on prescribing opioid pain medications to patients 18 and older. You will find guidelines and tool-kits that seek to improve patient safety, and provide useful information for medical providers.
Quickly calculate the total daily opioid dose (MME conversion) to identify patients who may need closer monitoring, tapering, or other measures to reduce risk. Patients prescribed higher opioid dosages are at high risk of overdose death.
The goal of this project is to provide everyone working on this issue – policymakers, non-profit organizations & community leaders, health care payers & providers, and patients & caregivers – with a centralized source to find actionable, evidence-based resources on opioids and the opioid crisis in the United States.
Find specific New Mexico based resources. Resources include Prescription Drug Misuse and Overdose Prevention and Pain Management Advisory Council, Drug Monitoring Programs, and the New Mexico Department of Health.
NALOXONE
All you need to know about Naloxone. Where general public can obtain naloxone- free clinics and pharmacies with and without a prescription. Laws on Naloxone access have changed quickly and most states have standing orders that do not require a prescription.
This tool providers the ability to explore a variety of interactive maps. Maps includes Drop-Off locations, Narcan sites, mortality/emergency room visits, and CDC’s interactive map.
Apps to help Providers in clinical practices in real time have access to: guidelines, tools, and resources in the palm of their hand. Managing chronic pain is complex, but accessing prescribing guidance has never been easier.
