Cardinal Health Opioid Action Program
Cardinal Health is committed to fighting opioid addiction and abuse.
Generation Rx
Since 2009, the Cardinal Health Foundation has supported prescription drug misuse prevention through Generation Rx, created in partnership with The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy.
Generation Rx
Fighting prescription drug misuse
Prescription medications can help us live longer and healthier lives. But any medication has the potential to cause harm—especially when misused.
Many people believe that experimenting with a prescription drug is safe—even if it was prescribed for someone else. In fact, every day, more than 5,700 Americans misuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time. *
Citation: *2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Generation Rx provides free, engaging, age-appropriate resources to educate everyone about using medications safely.
Learn more at GenerationRx.org.
In addition to Generation Rx and prevention education, the Cardinal Health Foundation supports other ways to help end prescription drug misuse:
Helping communities build or expand medication disposal programs that result in the proper disposal of thousands of pounds of unused drugs.
Supporting healthcare organizations as they engage patients and healthcare providers in reducing the number of opioids prescribed. Our goal is simple: better pain management with fewer opioids.
Engaging communities in working together to create non-traditional partnerships and design new strategies to reduce prescription drug misuse.