New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Materials Pertaining to Opioid Overdose
Materials for Patients and the Public
NYSDOH
- Ever Wish You Could...Quit using heroin? Protect yourself from HIV infection? Get healthier? (PDF, 657KB, 7pg.)
- Stay Healthy and Survive (English & Spanish) (PDF, 102KB, 2pg.)
- Opioid Overdose Prevention Program Fact Sheet for Consumers (PDF, 64KB, 1pg.)
- Misuse of Prescription Drugs Climbing in Middle and High School Students - Vital
Questions and Answers for Parents
- Protect Your Kids! Prescription Drug Alert: Prescriptions Used as Dangerous New
Party Drugs (PDF, 298KB, 2pg.) - Sharing Prescription Drugs is Dangerous and Dumb - Poster (PDF, 912KB, 1pg.)
- Poison Proof Your Home (PDF, 251KB, 1pg.)
- Pain Management: A Guide for Patients (PDf, 135KB, 2pg.)
OASAS
- Is Your Medicine Cabinet Safe? (PDF Format)
- Medicine Cabinet Inventory (PDF Format)
- Generation RX: Teens and Prescription Medication Abuse
Materials for Providers/Practitioners
NYSDOH
- Opioid Overdose Prevention Program - Fact Sheet for Providers (PDF, 57KB, 1pg.)
- NYS Opioid Overdose Prevention Program Fact Sheet (PDF, 9.8KB, 1pg.)
- "Substance Use in Patients with HIV/AIDS: HIV Clinical Guidelines for the Primary Care Practitioner" (DOH publication #9600)
- Attention Doctors!! How You Can Help Patients with Opioid Addiction (PDF, 431KB, 2pg.)
- Quarterly Practitioner Newsletters
- Attention Practitioners! Prescription Drug Abuse Alert (PDF, 850KB, 2pg.)
- Substance Abuse and Treatment: Information for Practitioners (PDF, 1.1MB, 2pg.)
- Potentially Inappropriate Medications Used in Older Adults (PDF, 914KB, 2pg.)
- Important Information for School Nurses: Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs by Young People
