Safety Tools & Resources
Consumers
General Resources
- Be MedWise
- Center for Medication Safety
- Drug Interaction Checker (AARP)
- Drug Interaction Checker (Drugs.com)
- FAQ: When Opioids Have Been Prescribed for My Chronic Pain
- Good Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
- Medicines in My Home - Information on Using OTC Medicines Safely
- National Council on Patient Information and Education
- Pain Community News – Winter 2010
- The Buzz Takes Your Breath Away . . . Permanently. Misuse of Prescription Pain Relievers Can Kill You
- Using Acetaminophen and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Safely
- Your Medicine: Play It Safe
Disposal Resources
- Disposal by Flushing of Certain Unused Medicines: What You Should Know. Updated January 2012
- Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs. October 2009
- Safe Medicine Disposal for ME Program
- Smart Rx Disposal
- The Drug Take-Back Network: Local Efforts. Find Out What’s Happening in Your Area
Family Resources
- Getting High on Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs Is Dangerous. A Guide to Keeping Your Teenager Safe in a Changing World.
- Is This Where Your Teen Goes to Get High?
- Keeping Your Teens Drug-Free: A family Guide. National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
- Lock Your Meds
- Not In My House
- Not In My House. What to Do: 3 Steps
- Prescription Drug (Rx) Abuse. National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
- Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders
- Preventing Teen Abuse of Prescription Drugs. Fact sheet
Tools
- Chronic Opioid Therapy: Dos and Don'ts to Help Avoid Problems
- Chronic Opioid Therapy: Preparing for Your Appointments
- Home Medicine Inventory Card
- Six Opioids Safety (SOS) Steps
- Target Chronic Pain Notebook: Taking Charge of Your Pain Care
- The Medicine Safety: A Toolkit for Families
Health Care Professionals
Books
- Webster; LR, Dove B. Avoiding Opioid Abuse While Managing Pain: A Guide for Practitioners. North Branch, MD: Sunrise River Press; 2007.
- Fine PG, Portenoy RK. Fishman SM. A Clinical Guide to Opioid Analgesia. Vendome Group Healthcare Division, 2007.
- Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Physician's Guide. Federation of State Medical Boards, 2007.
Guidelines/Regulations
- Clinical Guidelines For the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain.
Chou R, Fanciullo GJ, Fine PG, et al. J Pain. 2009;10:113-130. - Howard A. Heit, MD, FACP, FASAM., Aaron M. Gilson, MS, MSSW, PhD. Federal Regulations on Prescribing a Control Substance, American Society of Addiction Medicine.
- Model policy for the use of controlled substances for the treatment of pain. 2004.
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. - Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain: Prediction and Identification of Aberrant Drug-Related Behaviors: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine clinical practice guideline.
Chou R, Fanciullo GJ, Fine PG, Miaskowski C, Passik SD, Portenoy RK. J Pain. 2009;10:131-146. - Practitioner's Manual: An Informational Outline of the Controlled Substances Act. 2010.
Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control. Washington, DC, Drug Enforcement Administration. - Principles of Analgesic Use in the Treatment of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain – Sixth Edition. 2008.
American Pain Society - Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) Resources, 2010. Emerging Solutions in Pain.>
Tools
- Chronic Opioid Therapy Worksheet: Companion to Chronic Pain Treatment
- Six Opioids Safety (SOS) Steps
