Opiates and Other Controlled Substances
Articles
Opioids: The Forgotten Epidemic? (Texas Medicine, Oct. 2020)
Same Old Hurdles: Pharmacy-Mandated Obstacles to Filling Opioid Scrips (Texas Medicine Today, Sept. 18, 2020)
Medicaid Changing Prior Authorization Criteria for Certain Opioid Prescriptions (Texas Medicine Today, Aug. 28, 2020)
TMB Sets Rules on Acute-Pain Scrip Limit, Opioid CME (Texas Medicine Today, July 31, 2020)
Pharmacy Board Limits Chloroquine Prescriptions (Texas Medicine Today, Mar. 30, 2020)
TMA to TMB: Let Docs Decide Whether In-Person Visit Needed For Subsequent Opioid Scrips (Texas Medicine Today, Mar. 6, 2020)
Removing the Pain from Prescribing Pain Meds (Texas Medicine Today, Nov. 7, 2019)
Easing the Pain? Opioid Settlement Brings Valuable Funding to Fight Crisis (Texas Medicine, Nov. 2019)
Tapering a Patient’s Opioid Dosage? Follow This Guide (Texas Medicine Today, Oct. 17, 2019)
Physicians Need to Prepare for New Opioid Rules and Best Practices (Texas Medicine Today, Oct. 9, 2019)
The Changing Face of the Opioid Epidemic (Texas Medicine Today, Sept. 27, 2019)
Doctors Drive New Opioid Laws - A 10-day limit and integration of state's PMP among new changes (Texas Medicine, Sept. 2019)
New Laws Improve Opioid Prescription Process in Texas (Texas Medicine Today, Aug. 6, 2019)
When Do New Opioid Prescribing Requirements Take Effect? (Texas Medicine Today, Aug. 2, 2019)
Prescribing Changes in Texas: Know What You Need to Know (Texas Medicine Today, June 28, 2019)
Despite Deadline, New Prescription Forms Still Not Received (Texas Medicine Today, June 11, 2019)
TMA Pushing To Delay PMP Mandate, Buy Time for Integration With EHRs (Texas Medicine Today, Apr. 9, 2019)
Keep Your Patients and Practice Safe from Opioid Prescription Fraud (Texas Medicine Today, Mar. 19, 2019)
Website Glitches Hinder New Opioid Prescription Order Forms (Texas Medicine Today, Sept. 18, 2018)
Are You Ready for Changes to Opioid Prescribing in Texas? (Texas Medicine Today, Aug. 22, 2018)
FDA Says No to Prescription Opioid Cough Meds for Children (Texas Medicine Today, Jan. 17, 2018)
Three Organizations Get Early Approval to Prescribe Cannabis (Action, May 12, 2017)
Opioids: Resources for Prescribing and Addiction Treatment (TMA Practice E-Tips, Jan. 10, 2017)
New Law Expands Access to Naloxone (Action, Sept. 1, 2015)
Guidance on Prescribing Schedule II Hydrocodone Products (Action, Sept. 15, 2014)
Hydrocodone Products Reclassified as Schedule II (Aug. 29, 2014)
Resources
Sample Opioid Treatment Agreement (Texas Pain Society)
An informed consent and opioid treatment agreement is a contract between a doctor and a patient. The goal of the agreement is to ensure that patients who are taking opioid drugs do so exactly as their doctor has prescribed. This sample agreement can be used as a template for your practice. Once it is signed, be sure to incorporate it into the patient’s record in the EHR. Thank you to the Texas Pain Society for allowing TMA to link to the sample agreement.
Training to Focus on Opioid Prescribing Guidelines (CDC)
- Dose of Reality
This website includes details on approaches to preventing opioid misuse and addiction, proper pain management, safe storage of prescription painkillers, and guidelines on responding to an opioid overdose. It also features a statewide take back map of locations that accept prescription opioids for safe disposal.