COMMUNITY PHARMACY
Pill box, calendars, alarms, apps/technology, location of medication.
What are tools that can help you to be more compliant with medications?
You should know this about every medication you take.
What is the indication, how should I take it, what should I expect?
Device used to split pills into smaller pieces
What is a pill cutter?
Talk to your doctor if you are worried about these.
What are side effects?
Common side effects of allergy medications. Example: Claritin, Zyrtec, Allegra, Benadryl.
What is drowsiness?
Food, alcohol, timing.
What are things that can affect how your medication works?
What are life-style modifications?
Device used to help organize your medications.
What is a pill box?
These are the most common side effects.
What is stomach upset?
Include all OTC products when making or writing this.
This can prevent someone from taking their medication as prescribed.
What is a side effect?
This vitamin helps keep your bones strong.
What is calcium?
A record of all your prescription medications, OTC medications, vitamins and herbals to have with you when you go to doctor or hospital.
What is a medication list?
Stop the medication immediately if you experience this.
What is a severe allergic reaction?
This lists important information about the OTC product.
What is the medication label?
A person who is very involved in their own health and care, ask questions and understand their health status.
What is an active manager (in your own health)?
This vitamin helps boost your immune system and can be found in common foods like oranges and red peppers.
What is vitamin C?
Program or service that will bring your medications to your door step when they are due.
What is medication synchronization and delivery?
True or False? I can skip my blood pressure medication if I feel fine.
FALSE.
Common OTC products that can raise your blood pressure.
What is Advil (ibuprofen), Aleve (naproxen), sudafed (pseudoephedrine)?
Read this EVERYTIME before you take your medication.
What is the label?
This vitamin helps boost energy.
What is vitamin B12?
Person that can help you understand your medications, increase compliance, communicate with providers, make medication suggestions, ease pill burden and financial concerns.
What is a pharmacist?
Sleep aids, allergy medications, muscle relaxants, anxiety medications, and antidepressants can all cause this.
What is drowsiness?