The NCBI Bookshelf, an archive of books and documents in life science and healthcare, offers a variety of resources related to opioid crisis. These resources are freely available through the NCBI Bookshelf website. The Greenblatt Library has selected a few of these resources and added them to our online catalog.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine publications:
- Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use
- Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health in the U.K. has released two guidelines:
- Drug Misuse: Opioid Detoxification
- Psychosis with Coexisting Substance Misuse: Assessment and Management in Adults and Young People
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) rapid response reports:
- Suboxone Versus Methadone for the Detoxification of Patients Addicted to Prescription Opioids: A Review of Comparative Clinical Effectiveness, Safety, and Guidelines
- Rapid and Ultra-Rapid Detoxification in Adults with Opioid Addiction: A Review of Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness, Safety, and Guidelines
- Buprenorphine/Naloxone Versus Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence: A Review of Comparative Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines
- Long-acting Opioids for Chronic Non-cancer Pain: A Review of the Clinical Efficacy and Safety
Retrieved from: NCBI Insights, posted June 26, 2018
