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• When your doctor gives you a prescription, always ask how it should be taken - e.g. with meals or with water, and how frequently it should be taken.
• If a new medicine is prescribed, ask your doctor to review all your other medications.
• Show the doctor your list of what you are taking including over-the-counter and herbal medicines so that there will be no interactions with prescribed medicines. Tell your doctor and pharmacists if you have had any drug allergies or adverse reactions to medicines.
• Always take your medicines in the dose prescribed and on the correct time schedule.
• Make sure you can read the label and any printed instructions. The pharmacist will use large type if necessary.
• Make sure the light is adequate to read the label turn on the light so that you can select the correct medicine.
• Check the expiry dates on the medicines.
• Destroy any medicines that have expired or that are no longer needed, or return the unused portion to your pharmacist for disposal.
• Keep your medications in a locked place and out of reach of children.
• Contact your doctor immediately if you have any adverse effects associated with your medicines.
• Ask your pharmacist for a Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) sheet for the medicines dispensed. Please read these carefully.

Remember

• Do not take more or less than the prescribed dose unless instructed by your doctor.
• Do not drink alcohol unless you check with your doctor about its effects on your medicine.
• Do not take another persons medicine.
• Do not give your medicine to anyone else.
• Do not take your medicine in a darkened room.
• Do not suffer in silence.
• Do not hesitate to ask questions
• Do not ignore advice, it is given for your safety.