This October marks NCPIE's 26th national "Talk About Prescriptions Month (TAP Month)." This year, our theme for TAP Month is "Collaboration is the Key for Medicine Safety".

This year's TAP Month and beyond includes new educational messaging on the safe use of acetaminophen, the most commonly used drug ingredient in America. Ensuring the safe use of acetaminophen provides a great example of how Collaboration is the Key for Medicine Safety, considering that acetaminophen is found in more than 600 different medicines – both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers, fever reducers, and sleep aids as well as cough, cold, and allergy medicines.

Several NEW content modules are currently in development integrating tailored messaging, free downloads and links to external resources on the safe use of acetaminophen-containing products (OTC and Rx) into NCPIE's three websites, including the newly revised MUST for Seniors website, and the two Prescription (Rx) Abuse Prevention programs for teenagers and college students developed recently with SAMHSA.

• Acetaminophen Safe Use for Seniors (New)

Why would NCPIE coalition choose to focus on “Collaboration” when our members’ shared mission is to stimulate and improve communication to promote safe medicine use? It’s simple. Click here to find out.