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Regional Poison Control Center at Children’s of Alabama
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prescription Drug Overdose
SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Toolkit
If you’re looking for more information about drug awareness, check out the websites below:
Regional Poison Control Center at Children’s of Alabama
The Regional Poison Control Center at Children’s of Alabama has been serving the people of Alabama since 1958, offering free and confidential poison information and treatment recommendations to the public and health care providers 24 hours a day. Visit the website or call the hotline at (800) 222-1222 for poison advice for all ages.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prescription Drug Overdose
The CDC’s Injury Prevention & Control Prescription Drug Overdose website provides a variety of information to help you understand addiction. The United States is in the midst of a prescription painkiller overdose epidemic. If you have pain, learn about the risks of these powerful drugs and options for safe, effective pain management.
DailyMed
DailyMed provides information about marketed drugs, as well as Food and Drug Administration-approved labels (package inserts). This website provides health care providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and downloadable resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts.
Medicines in My Home
Medicines in My Home is an interactive and educational program about the safe and effective use of over-the-counter medicines. This program was developed by the Food and Drug Administration with Maryland’s Montgomery County Public School system and in cooperation with the National Council On Patient Information and Education.
Medline Plus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Pre-formulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and gives easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials and latest health news.
SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Toolkit
SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Toolkit equips communities and local governments with material to develop policies and practices to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Addresses issues for first responders, treatment providers, and those recovering from an opioid overdose.
The Medicine Abuse Project
The Medicine Abuse Project is a five-year action campaign that aims to prevent half a million teens from abusing medicine by the year 2017. The campaign provides comprehensive resources for parents and caregivers, law enforcement officials, health care providers, educators and others so that everyone can take a stand and help end medicine abuse. The website includes information about prevention of prescription drug abuse, painkiller addiction, and over-the-counter medicine abuse. It provides information about how to dispose of medicine and safeguard medicine in your home, as well as lists medicine abuse facts and comprehensive information about the most abused prescription drugs.