What can GPs do when they identify risky opioid use?

What can GPs do when they identify risky opioid use not yet warranting treatment? In the US, the STOP randomized clinical trial trained doctors to give patients brief advice, and offer low-level continuing care from a nurse plus paraprofessional ‘health coaching’ over the phone or by video link. Fewer patients developed an opioid use disorder over the next year, New York University et al claimed.