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- CHECKLIST FOR SAFER DRUG USE
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- Tell your doctor about any drug you take (even aspirin,
- allergy pills, laxatives, vitamins, etc.) before you take any
- new drug.
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- Learn all you can about drugs you may take before you take
- them. Information sources are your doctor, your nurse, your
- pharmacist, books in your public library and this file.
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- Don't take drugs prescribed for someone else--even if your
- symptoms are the same.
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- Keep your prescription drugs to yourself. Your drugs may be
- harmful to someone else.
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- Tell your doctor about any symptoms you believe are caused by
- a drug--prescription or non-prescription--that you take.
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- Take only medicines that are necessary. Avoid taking
- non-prescription drugs while taking prescription drugs for a
- medical problem.
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- Before your doctor prescribes for you, tell him about your
- previous experiences with any drug--beneficial results,
- adverse reactions or allergies.
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- Take medicine in good light after you have identified it. If
- you wear glasses to read, put them on to check drug labels.
- It is easy to take the wrong drug at the wrong time.
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- Don't keep any drugs that change mood, alertness or
- judgment--such as sedatives, narcotics or tranquilizers--by
- your bedside. These cause many accidental deaths by overdose.
- You may unknowingly repeat a dose when you are half asleep or
- confused.
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- Know the names of your medicines. These include the generic
- name, the brand name and the generic names of all ingredients
- in a drug mixture. Your doctor, nurse or pharmacist can give
- you this information.
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- Study the labels on all non-prescription drugs. If the
- information is incomplete or if you have questions, ask the
- pharmacist for more details.
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- If you must deviate from your prescribed dose schedule, tell
- your doctor.
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- Shake liquid medicines before taking.
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