International guidelines

United Kingdom

Use of long-acting injectable buprenorphine for opioid substitution therapy

Published by:Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

Last published:2022

Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management (the Orange Book)

Published by:Department of Health and Social Care

Last published:2017

Drug misuse in over 16s: opioid detoxification

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2007 (reaffirmed 2019)

Drug misuse in over 16s: psychosocial interventions

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2007 (reaffirmed 2016)

Pain and substance misuse: improving the patient experience

Published by:British Pain Society; Royal College of Psychiatrists; Royal College of General Practitioners; Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Last published:2007

North America

Screening and intervention for mental health disorders and substance use and misuse in the acute trauma patient

Published by:American College of Surgeons

Last published:2022

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition, text revision

Published by:American Psychiatric Association

Last published:2022

VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of substance use disorders

Published by:US Department of Veterans Affairs; Department of Defense.

Last published:2021

TIP 63: medications for opioid use disorder

Published by:Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Last published:2021

Canadian guidelines on opioid use disorder among older adults

Published by:Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health

Last published:2020

Clinical policy: critical issues related to opioids in adult patients presenting to the emergency department

Published by:American College of Emergency Physicians

Last published:2020

The ASAM national practice guideline for the treatment of opioid use disorder: 2020 focused update

Published by:American Society of Addiction Medicine

Last published:2020

National injectable opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder clinical guideline

Published by:Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse

Last published:2019

Best practices across the continuum of care for the treatment of opioid use disorder

Published by:Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Last published:2018

CRISM national guideline for the clinical management of opioid use disorder

Published by:Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse

Last published:2018

Opioid use and opioid disorder in pregnancy

Published by:American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Last published:2017 (reaffirmed in 2021)

Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic non-cancer pain

Published by:National Pain Center (Canada)

Last published:2017

Federal guidelines for opioid treatment programs

Published by:Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Last published:2015

Oceania

NSW clinical guidelines: treatment of opioid dependence

Published by:New South Wales Government

Last published:2018

National guidelines for medication-assisted treatment of opioid dependence

Published by:Commonwealth of Australia

Last published:2014

Rest of the world

Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy

Published by:World Health Organization

Last published:2014

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