Opioid Addiction Treatment Patient Guide Guidelines Pocket Guide - Guideline Central

Opioid Addiction Treatment Patient Guide

American Society of Addiction MedicinePublished: June 12, 2025

  • Introduction
  • Definition of addiction
  • Assessment
  • Treatment overview
  • Withdrawal
  • Medications to treat opioid addiction
  • Opioid addiction medication
  • How do these medications work?
  • Assessment and treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnant women
  • Fentanyl: special considerations
  • Naloxone
  • How to recognize an overdose
  • Responding to a suspected overdose
  • Overdose
  • How to get naloxone
  • Overdose reversal medication
  • Questions to ask your clinician


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