Without ISDH logo: Website Content Image to include on website (with ISDH logo): Without ISDH logo: Website Text What you need to know: Most opioids are prescription medications used to treat pain. Opioids are highly addictive. Opioid addiction and overdose is a growing problem both nationally and within the state of Indiana. There are other effective ways to deal with pain. Opioid use at a young age increases the potential for addiction later in life. Prescribers play a role in the supply and use of opioids in our communities. About the campaign Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids in the United States have quadrupled since 1999. This national epidemic is impacting Indiana as well, where more than 3,000 people have died due to prescription opioid overdose in the last 15 years. In fact, more Hoosiers die each year from prescription drug overdoses than from motor vehicle accidents. To address this public health crisis, the NAME OF is taking part in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Rx AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION Awareness campaign. The Rx Awareness campaign tells the real stories of people whose lives were devastated by prescription opioids. The ultimate goal is to increase awareness that prescription opioids can be addictive and dangerous. This effort also strives to decrease the number of individuals who use opioids recreationally or overuse them. Campaign materials Watch the videos below to hear personal testimonials from people directly affected by the opioid overdose epidemic. Devin: Devin shares his Rx Awareness story of using prescription opioids after a minor surgery as a teenager and his path to recovery from opioid use disorder.
Without ISDH logo: Website Content Image to include on website (with ISDH logo): Without ISDH logo: Website Text What you need to know: Most opioids are prescription medications used to treat pain. Opioids are highly addictive. Opioid addiction and overdose is a growing problem both nationally and within the state of Indiana. There are other effective ways to deal with pain. Opioid use at a young age increases the potential for addiction later in life. Prescribers play a role in the supply and use of opioids in our communities. About the campaign Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids in the United States have quadrupled since 1999. This national epidemic is impacting Indiana as well, where more than 3,000 people have died due to prescription opioid overdose in the last 15 years. In fact, more Hoosiers die each year from prescription drug overdoses than from motor vehicle accidents. To address this public health crisis, the NAME OF AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION is taking part in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Rx Awareness campaign. The Rx Awareness campaign tells the real stories of people whose lives were devastated by prescription opioids. The ultimate goal is to increase awareness that prescription opioids can be addictive and dangerous. This effort also strives to decrease the number of individuals who use opioids recreationally or overuse them. Campaign materials Watch the videos below to hear personal testimonials from people directly affected by the opioid overdose epidemic. Devin: Devin shares his Rx Awareness story of using prescription opioids after a minor surgery as a teenager and his path to recovery from opioid use disorder.
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