Prevention
- Stop improper prescribing
- Enhance diagnosis of opioid use disorder
- Encourage non-opioid pain treatments
Treatment
- Make sure people can access treatment
- Give patients choices
- Support innovation
Data
- Understand opioid use patterns
- Promote data sharing
- Watch trends to see if solutions are working
Resources
- For payers: prevent opioid fraud
- For health care providers: our medication management campaign & initiative
- For states: get strategies, reduce substance use disorders, see opioid use patterns
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Prescription opioids: When benefits outweigh the risks
“President Trump and HHS have made fighting the opioid crisis a top priority. That includes working to expand the set of tools we have for solving this crisis, such as new therapies for treating opioid use disorder and helping people stay in recovery…
Evidence-based treatment for addiction saves lives, and HHS will continue to support efforts to develop new treatments and provide approved treatments to those in need.”
-HHS Secretary Alex Azar
Twitter: @CMSgov#OpioidEpidemic
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