Wrong medications often lead to complications ranging from minor reactions to serious ones, and even leading to death. Taking them without prescription is another great risk most people indulge often. Considering the dangers involved in medication, even when under professional care, there is a great deal to reconsider about medicines in this context. Here is some information to help you play safe with medicines.
1. Give relevant information to your Health Care Team about your association with medicines and medical treatment:
2. Be informed about the facts of your prescribed medicines by asking about the details before you take your medicine:
3. Stick to the plan of your treatment by taking only the prescribed medicine, and not any other. Remember that even prescribed medicines can cause side effects. Follow some of these to minimize the risk:
4. Keep track of your medicines; maintain record books detailing the time and dosage of the medicines so that you can avoid taking them twice in a day by mistake; maintain calendars where you can check off the appropriate days of medications; store your medicines as the labels direct.
5. There are some important DONT list to help avoid wrong medications:
And most importantly, there are some 'drug combinations' you should avoid (like antibiotics with antacids that will reduce the effect of antibiotics). It is advisable to ask you doctor the medicine, food, drink, or activities that you should avoid while taking the prescribed medicine(s).
It always pays to be on the safer side; play safe with medicines to live life to the fullest!