Never Underestimate The Influence Of Medicine

Medicine mistakes may occur at home, at pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics. However, collaboration between patients and healthcare professionals might assist to reduce these mistakes.

Do you ever have concerns about taking your medications properly?

Medication mistakes may occur at home, at pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics. However, collaboration between patients and healthcare professionals might assist to reduce these mistakes.

Watch how our patient Anna makes the most of her interactions with her medical team and pays attention to how to take her medications at home in the video below.

Patient Safety Advice Regarding Medicines

Many people’s lives are enhanced by medicine. They may aid in our long-term and short-term wellness.

When administered as directed, a medication often has more advantages for patients than disadvantages. Pharmaceutical errors, which are avoidable blunders that might hurt a patient or result in incorrect pharmaceutical usage, are among the risks. 

These mistakes may occur at clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, and even at home.

Each year, they contribute to roughly 100,000 hospital admissions in the US3

You and other patients may aid in preventing medication mishaps.

Be sure to: 

• Ask questions regarding your health and medications during conversations with your healthcare provider.
• To take your medications more safely, read the labels on your medications carefully and abide by the directions.
• Participate actively in your own and other people’s health.

Never lose sight of the fact that you, the patient, are a vital part of the medical team. 

Meet Anna.

The medications for Anna’s whole family are taken care of by her. She makes the most of her interactions with her medical team, which includes:

During Clinic 

Anna carries a list of the medications she takes and a list of questions when she sees Dr. Chan, her new doctor.

Anna and her doctor exchange information throughout the appointment. They create the greatest treatment program they can for her.

Anna leaves her doctor’s office with a prescription and details on the advantages and disadvantages of her new medication.

Inside the pharmacy

Anna goes to her pharmacist, Dr. Rosa, to have some of her prescriptions refilled and the new medication that Dr. Chan recommended.

Dr. Rosa goes through some of the key elements of the medication before Anna leaves the drugstore.

In the house

Anna is very careful about how to consume and keep her medications at home.6

Particular Groups

Anna also assists her mother and her little son with managing their medicine regimens. Patients who are elderly and young have different needs when it comes to taking medications.

Locate Fake (Counterfeit) Drugs

False medications are counterfeit ones. They are not manufactured in a secure environment and are not subject to regulatory agency inspection. Despite having the same appearance as a legitimate drug, they may contain:

• Absolutely no medication
• incorrect ingredients
• harmful components

Patients may face severe counterfeit danger while ordering medications online from unreliable or unknown sources.11 Speak with your pharmacist if anything about the color, texture, form, or flavor of your medication appears off.10