Check Your Medicines

Tips for Taking Medicines Safely

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Poster of checklist to help avoid medication errors.

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• Bring a list or a bag with ALL your medicines when you go to your doctor's office, the pharmacy, or the hospital.

• Ask questions about your medicines.

• Make sure your medicine is what the doctor ordered.

• Ask how to use the medicine correctly.

• Ask about possible side effects.

Simple checks could save your life!

For more information, visit: http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/ and http://www.fda.gov/usemedicinesafely/.

AHRQ Publication Number 07-M008-2
March 2007

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Internet Citation:

Check Your Medicines: Tips for Taking Medicines Safely. Poster. AHRQ Publication Number 07-M008-2, March 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/chkmedpost.htm

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