SPHERE has develped a special cue card and poster series on prescription painkillers and overdose that you can request and download here. These tools will help you to start a conversation with your clients on the use of prescription painkillers such as oxycodone(OxyContin) and hydrocodone (Vicodin) and their risk for overdose. In addition to these SPHERE developed tools, there are also several fact sheets, reports and articles related to the risk of overdose from prescription painkillers that you can download from the CDC and other sources. Links to those resources are listed below: BSAS OxyContin and Other Drug Abuse Commission Final Report BSAS “Oxycontin: Protect your Teens. Get the facts!” Information Sheet CDC Vital Signs Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers–United States, 1999–2008 CDC Feature- Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the U.S. CDC Public Health Rounds ′Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic Policy Impact: Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic Unintentional Poisoning National Institute on Drug Abuse – Prescription Medications NIDA Topics in Brief: Prescription Drug Abuse NIDA InfoFacts: Prescription Drugs and Pain Medications NIDA Research Report: Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction "Government Aims to Cut Misuse of Prescription Drugs by 15 Percent in Five Years" (From Join Together) FDA Asking Opioid Makers to Educate Public on Prescription Painkillers Prescription drug abuse: U.S. announces strategies to reduce painkiller abuse, reduce overdoses (From LA Times) White House Plan on Prescription Drug Abuse including its report: “Epidemic: Responding to America’s Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis” | 
