I Spy in the Pharmacy...
Name the individual who fills and dispenses medicine in a pharmacy.
A pharmacist
Name a SAFE place to store medicines in a home.
Locked kitchen or medicine cabinets
The pharmacist receives a shipment of 25 Penicillin tablets.
They need to divide these tablets evenly across 5 prescription bottles.
How many tablets will each bottle have?
5 tablets
Use a __________ to secure a medicine cabinet.
*rhymes with sock.
Lock
Name a substance that is used to treat diseases or injury.
Medicine
Name an UNSAFE place to store medicine in the bathroom.
Bathroom counter
A doctor instructs a patient to take 1 pill, three times a day for 10 days.
How many pills should the pharmacist give the patient?
30 pills
Medicines might look like ____________.
*rhymes with sandy
Candy
Name a type of medicine that a doctor prescribes to treat disease or injury.
A prescription medicine
Name an UNSAFE place to store medicine in the kitchen.
Kitchen counter
A doctor instructs a patient to take three, 100 milligram tablets of medicine once a day.
In one day, the patient will take how many milligrams of medicine?
300 milligrams
You should never ___________ prescription medicines with anyone.
*rhymes with pair.
Share
Name a type of medicine that can be purchased at a pharmacy without a prescription.
An Over-the-counter medicine
Is Medicine stored in a plastic bag, placed in a purse a SAFE or UNSAFE place to store medicine?
UNSAFE!
The pharmacist needs to break 12 medicine tablets into equal halves.
If the pharmacist has 12 tablets to break, how many tablets in total will they have when they are done splitting them in half.
24 tablets
Only take medicines with the permission of an _________ such as a parent or guardian.
*rhymes with consult.
Adult