REGISTRATION is REQUIRED for this event. Contact the library at 715 877 3334 or fallcreekpl@fallcreekpubliclibrary.org to reserve your spot.

Let’s Talk About Pain Medicine is a free 60-minute educational program developed by Wisconsin Health Literacy to help participants obtain a better understanding of how to more safely and effectively use prescription pain (opioid) medicine. Program topics include:

• Differences between prescription opioids and other pain medicine
• Safe storage of opioid medicine
• Understanding label directions (when and how long to take the medication)
• What to do with unused opioid medicine
• Importance of understanding warning labels
• When to call the doctor or pharmacist
• History of the opioid epidemic
• How naloxone can stop an overdose

Each participant is provided with a workbook, a Drug Deactivation & Disposal System pouch, and a fact sheet to take home, plus the chance to enter into a chash prize drawing at the end of the program.