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Medicines: using them safely.(Adult Health Advisor 2005)
- Article from:
- Clinical Reference Systems
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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To make sure that you use medicines safely and know how to store them, follow these guidelines:
Do:
* Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, nonprescription, natural remedies, and vitamins) with you. Be sure that you tell all health care providers who treat you about all the products you take. This includes shots, medicines that you take by mouth, and medicines that put in your eyes or on your skin. This is very important when your provider prescribes a new medicine. You may end up taking too many medicines. Some medicines change the way other medicines work.
* Tell each health care provider about drug or food allergies you may have. ...