Prescription and Over the Counter (OTC) Drug Information


Websites

PEERx: Rx Abuse is Drug Abuse

Comprehensive information for Teens from NIDA.

Take a Dose of Truth

Iowa site designed to increase the awareness of the risks posed by the abuse or misuse of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs by teens and older adults in Iowa, and to encourage action to prevent these behaviors.

Take Away - Environmental Return System

The Iowa Pharmacy Association sponsored program that provides the public with a safe, easy way to properly dispose of unwanted and expired medications. TakeAway uses community pharmacies across the state as take-back site.

Prescription Drugs

NIDA site with links to research reports, Infofacts, new releases, more.

RX Safety Matters

A site to inform healthcare professionals, families and communities, and law enforcement officials, to help reduce the abuse and diversion of prescription medications.

A Guide to Safe Use of Pain Medicine

FDA information page

Good Medicine, Bad Behavior

Drug diversion in America. DEA sponsored site.

Prescription Drug Abuse

From Parents. The Anti-drug. Includes Prescription Drug Dangers, Signs of Rx Drug Abuse, Preventing Rx Drug Abuse

Stop Medicine Abuse

StopMedicineAbuse.org was created by the leading makers of OTC cough medicines.

Make Up Your Own Mind About Cough Medicine

A Partnership for a Drug-Free America site about cough and cold medicine abuse for teens.

Connect to Fight RX Abuse

ATTC site working to alleviate prescription drug diversion and abuse, making our communities healthier and safer.

Publications

The Buzz that Takes you breath Away- Permanently pdf file brochure

Teens and Prescription Drugs pdf file 2007 ONDCP Report

Some Commonly Prescribed Medications and Their Consequences - NIDA research report

Diet Pills, Laxatives and Dangerous Methods - Information on the dangers of "diet pills"

Prescription Drug Abuse Brochure for Parents and Kids pdf file brochure

Prescription Drug Abuse Brochure for Seniors pdf file brochure

How to Dispose of Unused Medicine pdf file flyer

You’ve Got Drugs! V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet (2008) pdf file CASA Columbia report

The Abuse of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs pdf file brochure from Parents. The Anti-Drug

Preventing Teen Cough Medicine Abuse pdf file brochure for parents from Partnership for a Drug-Free America

Stimulant ADHD Medications - Methylphenidate and Amphetamines - NIDA InfoFacts

Drug Fact Sheets from the Center for Substance Abuse Research:

  Ritalin - prescription ADHD medication

  Benzodiazepines - prescription sedatives

  Dextromethorphan (DXM) - cough suppressant

  Ephedra - herbal stimulant drug

  Methadone - synthetic, narcotic pain reliever

  Oxycodone - narcotic pain reliever

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