Welcome to the opioid safety toolkit

This toolkit is your comprehensive resource to support safer opioids use. Discover how the opioid safety toolkit can support you in creating a safety plan, and looking at your health while taking opioids for pain. Let's make safety a priority, together.

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About the toolkit

Crafted by consumers and health professionals

Crafted by consumers and health professionals

Evidence-based information

Evidence-based information

Utilise interactive resources to: 1) develop an opioid safety plan, and 2) monitor your health outcomes with opioids

Utilise interactive resources to: 1) develop an opioid safety plan, and 2) monitor your health outcomes with opioids

For some people, opioids are the best option for pain relief, so supporting safe use of opioids is important.

People who are prescribed opioids regularly to manage their pain can use the ROOM tool to better understand pain outcomes. ROOM stands for Routine Opioid Outcome Monitoring tool and it was developed to help people prescribed opioids for chronic pain measure key outcomes such as pain, side effects or other aspects of their health.

The ROOM tool is ideally used in as part of a discussion with an opioid prescriber or pharmacist, you can fill it in before you see your healthcare provider.

Understanding opioids

Understanding opioids

Opioid medicines can be used to reduce some types of pain, such as acute pain and chronic pain. It is important to know the risks and benefits of opioid medication and their safe use.

Are you taking care of someone or know someone who takes opioids?

The toolkit can help navigate safer use of prescription, including by developing a personalised safety plan, and using tools to measure outcomes with use of opioids over longer periods.

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