This 2018 report from the National Academy for State Health Policy describes strategies state and local leaders can adopt to promote recovery among pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder. It also features descriptions of programs in place in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid Use Disorder
Treating Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy
This guide from the National Institute on Drug Abuse addresses treating opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy. It includes information about the effects of OUD on unborn children and newborns and about the benefits of medication assisted treatment for pregnant women with OUD diagnoses. Continue reading
Dramatic Increases in Maternal Opioid Use Disorder and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome – Infographic
This one page infographic from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows the occurrence of neonatal withdrawal syndrome (also known as neonatal abstinence syndrome) in babies born in the United States between 2004 and 2014. Continue reading
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Opioid Use Disorder Documented at Delivery Hospitalization in the United States, 1999-2014
This data analysis focuses on the occurrence of opioid use disorder documented during hospital births in the United States between 1999 and 2014. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the August 2018 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Continue reading
Stages of Coping When a Loved One Has a Substance Use Disorder
This one page infographic describes the 4 stages of coping when a family member or friend has a substance use disorder: search, deny, accept, and learn. Continue reading
Addiction: The Risk Factors
This one page infographic describes risk factors that are associated with a higher likelihood of developing a substance use disorder (SUD). Continue reading
8 Ways to Help You Keep Loving Someone with an Addiction
This one page infographic provides 8 strategies to enable family and caregivers to continue loving and supporting someone with an addition. Continue reading
Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
This 47 page report on medications to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) includes information on how the medications work, what the diversion risk is for these medications, how medications affect HIV or hepatitis C outcomes, whether medications are offered in the criminal justice system or military, medications and Continue reading
Heroin
This 25 page document on heroin includes information of interest to patients and caregivers, policy makers, and state and local community leaders. Published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2018, it covers topics such as scope of heroin use in the United States, the effects of heroin use including medical Continue reading
Corey’s Story: Face to Face with the Prescription Opioid Crisis
Cory Palazzi survived an opioid overdose in 2013, but he suffered brain damage and is now legally blind. Now Cory works to educate patients and their caregivers about the risks of prescription opioids and life after addiction. This video was produced by the National Safety Council in 2018.
Funding Source: National Safety Council