Know Your Medicine - At Home

•- Keep your Medicine List updated.

•- Take only the medicine given to you by your physician or pharmacist. Do not share other people’s medicine.

•- Each time you take your medicine, read the label to make sure you are taking it correctly. If you have questions, call your physician or pharmacist.
• Never take medicine in the dark.

•- Do not stop taking the medicine just because you feel better unless your physician tells you to stop taking it.

•- Do not take your medicine out of one bottle and put it in another one.

-• Put all of your medicine in a place where children and pets cannot reach it.

•- If you take medicine each day, using a compartmental medication box may be helpful.

-• Do not keep medicine in the car, by the stove, or in the bathroom, since heat and dampness can affect how it works.

•- Check the date on all medicine.Throw away all medicine if it is expired or no onger needed. (If no expiration date exists on a prescription,consider it expired if you received it more than one year ago.)

•- If you feel that any medicine is making you sick or causing you pain, call your physician right away.