Part 5: resources and further reading
Published 21 July 2021
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Practical resources
You can use the following resources in your day-to-day opioid substitution treatment (OST) practice.
You can find a graph showing the relationship between increased methadone dose and reduced heroin use in part 1 of this guidance . It will help you to discuss with service users the evidence showing that the higher the methadone dose, the lower the amount of heroin people will use.
The will help you to assess evidence of opioid withdrawal.
The Routes to recovery from substance addiction: mapping user manual is for healthcare practitioners to help them build and carry out an effective plan for recovery from substance addiction. It includes 鈥榤aps鈥� you can use with service users that cover injecting, the main features of methadone and buprenorphine, motivational interviewing and opioid withdrawal syndrome.
Further reading
The following reports, guidance and campaigns will help to deepen your understanding of topics covered in this guide.
OST
Drug misuse and dependence UK guidelines on clinical management
(UK Government Web Archive)
Optimising opioid substitution treatment: turning evidence into practice
(UK Government Web Archive)
Injectable opioid treatment: commissioning and providing services
Opioid detoxification
Harm reduction
Widening the availability of naloxone
Psychosocial interventions
Keyworking and treatment and recovery care planning
Recovery support
Mutual aid toolkit for drug and alcohol treatment
Smoking and tobacco
Smoking and tobacco: applying All Our Health