In this section you will find lots of helpful information.
Chronic Pain; Assessing Your Pain Level
Chronic pain is ongoing or recurrent pain that lasts beyond the usual course of an acute illness or injury or more than three to six months, and negatively affects a person’s well-being. Of adults ages 20 and older, those between ages 45 and 64 are the most likely to report pain
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Safe-Use Pain Medication; a guide from the FDA
If you’ve ever been treated for severe pain from surgery, an injury, or an illness, you know just how vital pain relief medications can be. Pain medications are safe and effective when used as directed. However, misuse of these products can be extremely harmful and even deadly. Misuse and abuse of pain medications can be extremely dangerous. This is especially so in regard to opioids. These medications should be stored in a place where they cannot be stolen.
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How to Dispose of Unused Medicines
Is your medicine cabinet filled with expired drugs or medications you no longer use? How should you dispose of them? Most drugs can be thrown in the household trash, but consumers should take certain precautions before tossing them out, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A few drugs should be flushed down the toilet. And a growing number of community-based “take-back” programs offer another safe disposal alternative.
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Tips on Safe Storage and Disposal of Your Prescription Medicines
Where do you keep your medicines? Are they in different places—with some in the medicine cabinet, some in the kitchen, and some in the bedroom or elsewhere? As a parent, grandparent, or family member, it’s important that you organize and keep track of your medicines.
Learn more about Federal Guidelines for Proper Disposal of Prescription Medicines. Safe Storage
Where Your Teens Go to Get High
A growing danger among teens today is the intentional abuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to get high.
One cause of the problem is how easily teens can find them. These drugs are most likely already in your own home. Over half of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers report they get them for free from the homes of family or friends, or they take them from family or friends without asking.
