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The goal of this page is to equip pharmacy professionals with resources to enhance their understanding of key opioid stewardship topics. Although these resources are not exhaustive, this page provides a solid foundation for those seeking information on pain management and stewardship, as well as addiction management and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) across Wisconsin.


Pain Management and Stewardship

Helping patients manage pain encompasses the foundations of pain care and patient communication; clinical practice guidelines and stewardship frameworks; pharmacological pain management; nonpharmacological and behavioral pain management; interprofessional community resources; safe use, storage, and disposal of medications; and professional development and training
 
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Addiction Management and MOUD

Supporting MOUD services encompasses understanding opioid use disorders and reducing stigma; understanding MOUD; harm reduction and overdose prevention; collaborative practice and access to patient care; public health and opioid abatement; and professional development and training.
 
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Enhancing Opioid Stewardship in Rural Wisconsin Health Systems: A Toolkit for Pharmacists

In response to the opioid crisis, Wisconsin health systems serving rural communities are developing opioid stewardship programs to facilitate appropriate opioid prescribing, opioid disposal, diversion prevention, management of the effects of the use of opioids, treatment of opioid use disorder and reducing opioid overdoses.

Health system pharmacists often lead these efforts and have many vital roles to play in opioid stewardship. This toolkit presents examples of opioid stewardship initiatives that Wisconsin pharmacists have implemented along with supporting evidence, curated information about resources and tools. 

The toolkit was co-developed by the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy Sonderegger Research Center and pharmacist colleagues from Fort HealthCare in collaboration with pharmacists from several health systems across the state, PearlRx and the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin.

Click here to view the toolkit. See below for the Opioid Stewardship Podcast Series. 

 

 

To access this podcast with closed captioning and an accompanying transcript, please click here.