•- Always take your updated Medicine List.This will tell your physician everything you are taking, including prescription medicines, over-thecounter medicines, and herbals.
•- Tell your physician about any allergies or reactions that you have had to medicine in the past.Write these on your Medicine List.
At the Drug Store
- Take new medicine prescriptions and refills to the same drugstore.The pharmacist then has a list of your medicines. He or she can make sure that all of the medicine works together and will not make you sick.
•- If you use more than one drugstore, make sure each one has a list of all of your
medicine.
-• Ask the pharmacist the name of the medicine and how you should take it. Make
sure that this information matches what
your physician told you.
•- Make sure that any refill of the medicine is the same color, size, and shape. If there is any difference, ask why.
•- If you have ANY questions about your medicine, ask your pharmacist.
