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Consumer
Education: Ensuring Safe Use of
Medicine
By
being an informed consumer and being involved in your health care,
you can decrease the risks and get the most benefits from your
medicine. The following materials will help you, working with your
health care professionals, to
make informed choices when using medicine.
To obtain printed copies of any of these materials, please email your request
by title to: dpapubs@cder.fda.gov. You
can also call 301-827-1243 or 1-888-INFO-FDA.
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The following links are text
documents. You can also view the graphic versions (if
available) by going to the "All
Graphics and Other Media" page. |
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"Be An Active Member of Your Health Care Team."
This 12 page pamphlet describes how to become an active member of
your health care team and to work with your teammates to make
medicine use SAFER. It also includes an expanded question guide to
help you gather information about your medicines with your health
care team. (Done in cooperation with the Council on Family Health)
- En Español
"Sea Miembro Activo del Equipo de Cuidados de la Salud."
This 12 page pamphlet describes how to become an active member of
your health care team and to work with your teammates to make
medicine use SAFER. It also includes a question guide to help you
gather information about your medicines with your health care
team. (Done in cooperation with the Council on Family Health)
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"Be An Active Member of Your Health Care Team." This shorter,
8 panel brochure provides tips on how to become more active in
your health care to help increase the benefits and reduce the
risks from medicine use. It also includes a question guide to help
you gather information about your medicines.
- En Español
"Sea Miembro Activo del Equipo de Cuidados de la Salud."
This shorter, 8 panel brochure provides tips on how to become more
active in your health care to help increase the benefits and
reduce the risks from medicine use. It also includes a question
guide to help you gather information about your medicines.
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“Be An Active Member Of Your Health Care Team.”
This short article discusses the ways consumers can be more
actively involved in the decisions about and use of their
medicines.
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"Think It Through: A Guide to Managing the Benefits and Risks of
Medicines." This brochure explains benefits and risks and
discusses how to “think it through” to make a benefit/risk
decision about a medicine. It provides many specific ways you can
help to lower the risks and get the full benefits of medicines.
(Done in cooperation with the Partnership for Safe Medication
Use.)
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"“Think It Through” To Manage The Benefits And Risks Of All
Medicines." This short article discusses making benefit/risk
decisions about medicine.
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"Drug Interactions: What You Should Know."
This 10 page brochure discusses the precautions
that need to be used when taking more than one over-the-counter
medicine. There is also a chart listing several OTC drugs and
common interactions. (Done in cooperation with Council on Family Health
and National Consumers League) For single copies, contact Federal
Consumer Information Center, Item # 600G, Pueblo, CO 81009
www.pueblo.gsa.gov.
- En Espanol
"Interacciones de Medicamentos: Lo Que Usted Debe Saber"
This 10 page brochure discusses the precautions
that need to be used when taking more than one over-the-counter
medicine. There is also a chart listing several OTC drugs and
common interactions. (Done in cooperation with Council on Family Health
and National Consumers League) For single copies, contact Federal
Consumer Information Center, Item # 600G, Pueblo, CO 81009
www.pueblo.gsa.gov.
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"Preventing Serious Drug Interactions" This FDA
Consumer article from July/August 2004, provides information
on the types of drug interactions, monitoring drug interactions
before and after the drug's approval, and how to reduce the risk
from drug interactions.
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"Protect Yourself Against Tampering"
This 4" x 9" "slim jim" provides consumers with six easy
tips they can take to recognize and protect themselves and their
family against over-the-counter medical product tampering. (Done in
cooperation with the Council on Family Health and the Consumer
Healthcare Products Association).
Safe Use of Medicines for Seniors
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“Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults.” This guide
provides practical information for older adults about the use of
prescription and nonprescription medicines. It gives facts about
drug interactions, tips for safe medicine use and talking to
health professionals, and ways to help lower medicine costs. (Done
in cooperation with the Council on Family Health)
- En Español “Los
medicamentos y usted: Guía para adultos de más edad.” This
guide provides practical information for older adults about the
use of prescription and nonprescription medicines. It gives facts
about drug interactions, tips for safe medicine use and talking to
health professionals, and ways to help lower medicine costs. (Done
in cooperation with the Council on Family Health)
- "As You Age...A
Guide to Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol."
This 8 page pamphlet explains how our bodies
handle medicine differently as we age. It describes steps to take
on your own, signs that there is a problem, and how to talk with
your doctor or other trusted health care professionals. It
includes a chart for keeping track of the medicine and dietary
supplements you use.
"As You
Age...A Guide to Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol." This link will
take you off FDA's site to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) Web site. You will find information
on the public education campaign launched by SAMHSA, FDA and the
Administration on Aging. This campaign was developed to warn older
adults about the dangers of misusing medications or mixing them with
alcohol. Federal agency Web sites, other Web resources, and hotline
numbers are also listed there.
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Date created: August 26, 2004 |
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