Medication Safety
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100
"When should I expect this medicine to start working and how will I know it is working?"
What is a question I should ask my doctor when a medication is prescribed?
100
Tell the truth even if your voice shakes
What is a most important message #1
100
Pill box, calendar, phone alarm, apps/technology, location of pill bottles
What are tools you can use to help you remember to take your medications?
100
Person who can help contact the doctor’s office when you run out of medication refills
Who is the pharmacist?
100
The place in Florida where "All of Your Dreams Come True"
What is Disney World
200
Room temperature, cool dry place for most medications
What is how to store medication safely?
200
Keep your own medication list
What is most important message #2?
200
Food, alcohol, timing
What are things that can affect how your medications work?
200
Saturday, March 24, 2018, 9:00 A.M. -12noon Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 5PM-7PM Parking lot behind the Town Office Building, 1625 Massachusetts Ave.
Who is the date and location for drug take back day in Lexington?
200
Popular TV show from the 1950s, still on TV today, featuring best friends Lucy and Ethel.
What is I Love Lucy?
300
Sleep aids, muscle relaxants, anxiety medications, narcotic pain relievers
What are medications that increase risk for falling?
300
Safe medication use is your responsibility
What is most important message #3?
300
Complex medication regimen or schedule Do not feel the need to take a medication? High copay or no insurance Do not understand the medications or health condition Transportation Undesirable side effects
What are common reasons people do not take medications as ordered?
300
Person who can help you make fewer trips to the pharmacy by filling your medications for 90 day supply if allowed by insurance
Who is the pharmacist?
300
Said "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run"
Who is Babe Ruth?
400
Coffee grounds, sand, plastic container
What are things I can use to safely dispose of medications?
400
Make friends with your pharmacist
What is most important message #4?
400
Skipping doses, cutting doses in half, stopping medications, taking medication as needed instead of regularly
What is the things that I may be doing with my medications that I should tell my doctor about? Or Things I may be doing with my medications that can negatively affect my health
400
Percentage of people that do not take their medications as prescribed?
Who is 50%?
400
Said "I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong"
Who is Benjamin Franklin
500
Hydralazine and Hydroxyzine are examples of...
What is are look alike/sound alike drugs?
500
Discard old, expired, unused medications every Spring and Fall
What is most important message #5?
500
Discount cards, mail order refills, 90 day supply, ask for generic instead of brand name
What are things I can do to help bring down costs of medications?
500
Check the bottle, instructions, and name on the bottle
Things I should do before leaving the pharmacy with a new prescription
500
Penned the phrase: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
Who is Robert Frost?
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