Opioid & Substance Use
Reversing alarming trends in substance use-related harms requires new approaches and unique partnerships. Our experts are working to develop novel solutions to address this public health problem that affects every segment of our society, with a particular focus on the U.S. opioid epidemic.
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November 9, 2023
A new landscape map and analysis created by a U-M team show demographic information with a connection to opioid use disorder
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Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers
The University of Michigan launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to help providers understand every facet of the opioid crisis.
This free, self-paced open learning course is designed primarily for non-prescribing healthcare, behavioral health, dental and social services professionals, as well as graduate-level students in these fields, although other professionals including physicians and medical students will benefit from taking the course.
Free Continuing Medical Education and Michigan Social Work Continuing Education credits are available upon completion of course modules.
Michigan OPEN
The Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network, or Michigan OPEN, uses a novel approach to prevent chronic opioid use before it starts.
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Opioid Solutions: A Central Hub for Opioid Work at U-M
Opioid Solutions , a collaboration between IHPI, the Injury Prevention Center, and the U-M Office of Research, serves as a central hub for U-M research, educational activities and community outreach related to opioids. On the site, users can browse education and research projects, researchers, centers and publications to see the infrastructure and scope of work that allows U-M to facilitate collaborations with local, state and national partners around opioid overdose prevention.
Opioid Solutions
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Opioid prescribing after surgery: Reducing the risks
Yet with little guidance available to prescribers, overprescribing is a widespread issue, contributing to the nation's opioid epidemic as well as the problem of millions of leftover pills vulnerable to diversion into communities.
What does U-M research show about ways to reduce risk associated with opioid prescribing? This research brief offers some insights.
Understanding opioid prescribing after surgery
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