RESOURCES
Your starting place to find free resources on pain management, opioids, educational opportunities and more.
Change starts with knowledge. And knowledge can start right here, with these resources collected by Open Kansas and created by medical professionals, community advocates, and educational leaders. Find valuable brochures, articles, videos – even free courses – that can help you help other Kansans in fighting opioid abuse and promoting safe pain management practices.
NEWS
Opioid Disposal Locations available as posters customized to your area in Kansas
Open Kansas has partnered with KSA, FDA "Remove the Risk" program, KDHE, and DCCCA to produce educational posters sent to all the pharmacies in Kansas educating the public on their local disposal locations. Out of 980 pharmacies in Kansas there are only about 300 disposal locations. Not every pharmacy that dispenses opioids is required to participate in drug take back.
Download general infographics suitable for all locations here.
Kansas Opioid and Stimulant Conference 2022
Watch Dr Aaron LacKamp present on medication safety and drug disposal at the Kansas Opioid and Stimulant Conference in Topeka, KS on November 10, 2022 during break out session number two.
KSIPP Conference 2022 – panelist on opioid disposal
Watch Dr. Aaron LacKamp, Kansas Open board member, will be a panelist at the Kansas Society of Interventional Pain Physicians annual meeting in Kansas City at the Hotel Intercontinental. He will be speaking on opioid disposal as an intervention. His session is called “Essential review of pharmacology, opioid management, and opioid use disorders." October 8, 2022.
Find out more about the conference here.
Opioid Prescribing Smartphone App!
We are in testing for a smartphone app for interns who are sending patients home with new opioid prescriptions. The app will include nonopioid alternatives, opioid disposal information including disposal location finder, opioid conversion calculator, and an optional text reminder function. Soon to be released!!
MATERIALS
Opioids and Dentistry – Learn the facts
What should you be asking your dentist or oral surgeon about post-procedure pain management?
What to Know about Naloxone
What is it? What’s it used for? Find the fact here with this free, easy-to-use guide to how to safely administer Naloxone.
Pediatric Surgical Pain Management Toolkit
Know how to prevent opioid-related complications in children and teenagers at the point that matters most – after surgery.
Acute Care Opioid Prescribing Guide
Download this compilation of resources to support evidence-based acute care opioid prescribing.
Treating Pain for Teenagers
This guide from the Pediatric Trauma Group at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital shares non-medication alternatives for teens.
Impacting the Opioid Crisis: A Free Course
This free course empowers non-prescribing providers in directly impacting the opioid epidemic through increased knowledge.
Managing Pain after Surgery
A free Open Kansas guide to ways you can discuss your pain management plan with your surgeon and understand your options.
Permanent Disposal Guide
Learn how to implement a disposal box, including financing governance, education, and evaluation.
Meds Take Back
Guide
Here’s a free, downloadable guide to plan your own Medication Take Back event, from planning to budgeting.
Dr Arun George on Opioids
Adverse effects and Alternatives.
Characteristics of Fatal Poisonings Among Infants and Young Children in the United States
Christopher Gaw, Allison Curry Kevin Osterhoudt, Joanne Wood, Daniel Corwin. PEDIATRICS. 2023; 151(4)
opioid deaths overwhelm other causes in children less than 2 years of age.
CONTACT US
Ask your doctor about proper opioid disposal and this website.
CME credit available for physicians.