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Prescription Medicines

Publications

  • Protect Your Kids! Prescription Drug Alert: Prescriptions Used as Dangerous New Party Drugs
  • Potentially Inappropriate Medications Used in Older Adults
    • Pocket Size (PDF, 510KB, 2pg.)
    • 8.5 x 11 Chart (PDF, 914KB, 2pg)
  • Anabolic Steroids and Sports: Winning at any Cost
  • Sharing Prescription Drugs is Dangerous and Dumb - Poster (PDF, 913KB, 1pg.)
  • Attention Practitioners! Prescription Drug Abuse Alert (PDF, 851KB, 2pg.)
  • Misuse of Prescription Drugs: Vital Questions and Answers for Parents

Related Information

  • Comments of the New York State Department of Health Concerning the United States Food and Drug Administration's Draft Guidance for Industry, Good Reprint Practices for the Distribution of Medical Journal Articles and Medical or Scientific Reference Publications on Unapproved New Uses of Approved Drugs and Approved or Cleared Medical Devices
  • Pain Management: A Guide for Physicians
  • Pain Management: A Guide for Patients
  • Misuse of Prescription Drugs Climbing in Middle and High School Students - Vital Questions and Answers for Parents
  • Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC)
  • Drug Facts - Office of National Drug Control Policy: Prescription Drug Abuse
  • Antibiotic Resistence

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