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Understanding Your Medication(s)
Understanding Your Medication(s)
By:
Linh Phan
Melanie Moore
Madhuri Patel
Nicholas Nyambegera
Daniel Nessel
Why? How? Who? When? Where?
Why: It is crucial to read the leaflet that the pharmacy provides about our medication(s) so we can have a clear understanding of what we are about to put into our body.
How: The medication(s) is/are most effective when the patient fully understands how to take the prescription(s) to make sure its working and doing what it is supposed to be doing and there are no surprises in doing so.
Who: Understanding your medication(s) affect you (as the patient) and with certain reactions to your medication(s), it will not only affect you, but your loved ones as well.
When: The time of the day and how much of the medication(s) greatly matters in terms of dosage and effectiveness.
Where: The leaflet to each of your medication will provide information to where will be the best place to store your medication, whether it is at room temperature or the refrigerator.
DRUG INTERACTIONS
INTERACTION TYPES
1. Drug-drug interactions
2. Drug-food interactions
IMPORTANCE
1. Polypharmacy
Side Effects of Your Drug
Most medication guides list both common and serious side effects
Ex: Common- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
Serious- chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting
Allow patient information for decision-making
Warnings of:
When to get emergency help
When to discontinue use of medication
When to inform physician
Adverse Drug Reaction
Adverse Drug Reaction is a unwanted and possibly dangerous effects that could occur from a drug
Toxicity is the most prevalent type of adverse drug reaction.
Why is it important to know about ADR before taking the drug?
Duration of Drug
Duration of drug action depends on several factors: the absolute amount of drug given; the pharmaceutical preparation; the reversibility of drug action; the half-life of the drug; the slope of the concentration-response curve; the activity of metabolites, and the influence of disease on drug elimination. The duration of action of a drug with more than one effect may differ, depending on which effect is followed.
Reference Page
https://www.ismp.org/consumers/Read.asp
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ucm163959.htm#know
http://www.bemedwise.org/quiz_facts/facts.htm
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/UCM085729
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/UCM467750.pdf
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/clinical-pharmacology/adverse-drug-reactions/adverse-drug-reactions
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.