Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Physician's Guide is sponsored by a consortium of organizations with a common interest in promoting safe and effective pain management. These organizations include:

• Abbott Laboratories
• Alliance of State Pain Initiatives
• Alpharma Pharmaceuticals LLC
• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American Pain Foundation
• American Society for Pain Management Nursing
• Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
• Center for Practical Bioethics
• Cephalon, Inc.
• Endo Pharmaceuticals
• Federation of State Medical Boards Foundation
• International Association for Pain and Chemical Dependency
• King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Mayday Fund
• National Pain Foundation
• Pain & Policy Studies Group, University of Wisconsin
• Purdue Pharma L.P.
• SAMHSA/CSAT (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment