For Patients
- Arkansas Take Back Program: Provides resources to help Arkansas families secure, monitor, and dispose of their unused prescription medications. This page offers valuable resources in locations for Narcan, how to access a peer specialist, where you can drop off unused prescriptions, and a host of other resources.
- Paintoolkit.org: Help users learn new and use old tips for self management of pain to find what works best for you.
- SAMHSA Guide: How to manage your chronic pain and live a good life.
- Narcansas: The NARCANsas App provides step-by-step instructions to administer naloxone. Other resources on this site include: links to find Take Back boxes, to report a naloxone save, treatment locations, learn more about the Arkansas’ opioid response, and more.
- UAMS Opioid Prevention for Aging and Longevity (O.P.A.L.): The O.P.A.L. Program provides adults aged 65 and older and their caregiver(s) an opportunity to learn more about opioid pain medications, non-opioid pain medications and integrative medicine therapies like Tai Chi, Yoga, mindfulness meditation and other therapies for the management of chronic pain. All materials are available in Spanish on their website.
- Opioid Pain Medication Fact Sheet
- Opioid Pain Medication and Falls
- Falls Prevention Handbook
- What Older Adults Need to Know About Opioids, Confusion, and Delirium
- Safely and Effectively Managing Pain Without Opioids | Feature Topics | Drug Overdose (cdc.gov)
- Tips for managing chronic pain – Mayo Clinic Health System
- Coping with chronic pain (apa.org)
- How to Use Naloxone
For Providers
- Nalaxhome Program ACH: NaloxHome is a program that will provide free naloxone to hospital emergency rooms to dispense at discharge to patients or caregivers of patients who have experienced an overdose or are at risk for an overdose. By removing barriers to naloxone access, the program aims to save lives.
- SAMHSA Educational videos: SAMHSA provides guides
- CDC: The CDC offers clinical practice guidelines for Prescribing opioids.