Welcome to the Be MedWise community outreach site. This site was designed with healthcare providers, consumer and patient groups, professional organizations and government agencies in mind. It contains a number of educational tools that can be customized by your organization to conduct your own campaign about the proper use of nonprescription medicines. We invite you to use the materials in this Be MedWise Tool Kit to get out the word that nonprescription products are serious medicines that must be taken with care. The materials were developed for flexible use and include:

	Tips for using the Tool Kit materials
	Reproducible logos to use in your campaign materials
	Fill-in press release
	Fact sheet with statistics about nonprescription drug use
	Reproducible columns/ad slicks to place in your own publications or in newspapers/magazines Ad slick or Column 1: Be MedWise About OTCs Ad Slick or Column 2: Read the Drug Facts Label Ad Slick or Column 3: Children and OTCs
	Public service print ad: What’s In Your Medicine (NCPIE and FDA)
	Reproducible ads for your organization newsletter/journal promoting the availability of the Tool Kit
	Form for ordering free copies of the brochure “Be MedWise: Use Over-the-Counter Medicines Wisely” developed by the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE). (to preview this publication, visit the Resource Center).

To order a "Tool Kit," send an email request to ncpie@ncpie.info. Include your name, organization, and mailing address.