| Prevent Opioid Misuse and Overdose with These Safety Tips When used correctly, opioids can be a useful part of your healing process. However, it's far too easy to misuse and overdose on opioids if you don't follow certain safety tips. Learn how you can safely use and dispose of opioid medications and how to help someone in need. | | Opioid Prescriptions Decline Across the Military Health System The Military Health System has shown a significant decline in prescriptions for opioids as a primary tool for pain management. | Your Pain on a Scale of 1-10? Check Out the New DOD Way to Evaluate Pain If you receive care in a military medical treatment facility, you might notice your health care team is using a new method for assessing your pain. | | | Here's some news around the MHS you might have missed: Patients are not always aware that all opioids carry a risk for potentially fatal overdose. | | | "This is quite literally a matter of life and death for our soldiers, their families and the communities in which we live," said Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle. "Case counts and deaths continue to be concerning as the Delta variant spreads, which makes protecting the force through mandatory vaccination a health and readiness priority for the total Army." | | | "You need to actively enroll in a TRICARE plan to continue health care coverage as a retiree," said Elan Green, chief of TRICARE Health Plan's Member Benefits and Reimbursement Section. "It doesn't happen automatically, so you need to take action." | | Extra! Extra! The Military Health System is America's largest health care system: saving lives on the battlefield, combatting infections diseases, and providing health care services to 9.6 million beneficiaries around the world. Get to know the MHS team by reading their stories. We can't wait to meet you! | | | |
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