This one page document for patients and caregivers provides information on how to safely dispose of unused prescription drug medications including information about medication “take back” programs and an alternative strategy if such a program is not available. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Prescription Opioids
Rx Pain Medications: Prescribing Opioids: Reduce the Risk
This one page document for health care providers lists the facts about opioid use disorder and provides suggestions for how providers can reduce the use and misuse of opioids and reduce overdoses. Continue reading
Rx Pain Medications: What Are the Risks of Opioid Pain Medications?
This one page document explains to patients the risks of opioid pain medications and provides tips for talking to health care providers about opioids and pain management. Continue reading
Rx Pain Medications: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs)
This one page document explains prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to patients with answers to questions about what are PDMPs, why are they used, and how is patient privacy protected. Continue reading
Rx Pain Medications: My Medications Resource
This resource provides a space for patients to record information about the medications they take including the dose, how often they take the medication, the reason for the medication, and the prescriber’s name. This information can be shared with health care providers and can be used to prevent patients taking Continue reading
Rx Pain Medications: Dangerous Drug Interactions
This one page document includes information about substances and medications that can cause dangerous interactions with prescription opioids. According to this resource, patients are advised to avoid mixing prescription pain medication with alcohol, antihistamines, cough syrup, barbituates, benzodiazepines, and general anesthetics. Continue reading
Rx Pain Medications: Common Names for Prescription Opioid Pain Medications
This one page resource provides a helpful table of common opioids and their corresponding brand and street/slang names. Continue reading
Prescribing Opioids for Women of Reproductive Age: Information for Dentists
This 4 page briefing paper provides information for dentists about prescribing opioids for women of reproductive age and women who are pregnant. It includes information about neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome and provides guidelines for prescribing opioids for dental care providers. A six page version is also available. Continue reading
Improvements to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Can Inform Prescribing: PDMP Administrators Share Views on how Enhancements Can Be Implemented
This 2018 report from Pew Charitable Trusts reports on focus groups conducted with 21 administrators of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on ways to enhance patient PDMP profiles, barriers to PDMP use and implementation, and recommendations for improving the use of PDMPs. Continue reading
Risks of Benzodiazepines
This 2019 publication from the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists lists the risks of benzodiazepine medications. Benzodiazepines may be prescribed for anxiety, insomnia, or other conditions, but the medications have serious side effects, most notably that patients can become dependent on the Continue reading