Label
A medication you can get at the store.
What is an over-the-counter or OTC medication?
The amount of medication you should take based on the drug fact label.
What is the dose?
Part of the drug facts label to find possible side effects.
What is the warning section?
Your best resource to answer your medication questions.
What is a pharmacist or doctor?
Ordered by a physician for a specific person.
What is a prescription?
Taking more medication than recommended on the label or by a physician.
What is overdose?
Stopping medication without talking to your doctor or pharmacist.
What is a bad idea?
Who you should talk to before stopping a medication
Who is your doctor or pharmacist?
All the information for an OTC medication is found here.
What is the drug fact label?
Taking less medication than recommended on the label or by a physician.
What is underdose?
Part of the label that informs you what makes the medication work.
What are the active ingredients?
A number you can call with questions about prescriptions, OTC medications, or other household chemicals.
What is the poison control help line?
Dangerous to misuse or abuse.
What is all medication or both OTC and prescriptions?
Up and away from children and pets.
What is where to properly store medication?
Taking someone else's prescription medication.
What is medication misuse or abuse?
Expired and unneeded medications.
What are medications to be discarded?
Children should use only with permission of a parent or trusted adult.
What is all medication or both OTC and prescriptions?
True or false: medications should be kept in a cool, dry place.
What is True!
Taking a medication in a manner other than how it is directed on the label or by a physician.
What is misuse?
True or False: Taking someone else's prescription that was sick with the same thing as you is perfectly ok.
What is False?