Transcript Classroom Lesson on Safe OTC Medicine Use - for

Over the Counter
&
Rx Drugs
Medicines are Drugs
A medicine are drugs…
– Changes how your body works
– Treats or prevents a disease or symptom
FDA (Food & Drug Administration)
This is an agency of the US dept. of Health and Human Services. It is
responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation
and supervision of food/drug safety. It makes sure what we put in or bodies
is safe.
Who Has Used an Over-the-Counter
Medicine This Week?
What are some reasons for using an
OTC medicine?
What’s the Difference?
 Prescription Medication (Rx): Medicine
available with permission from a doctor
 Over the Counter Medication:
Medicine you can buy in a drugstore. You
do not need a doctors permission.
Read:Lesson 1
Medicines Affect the Body
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Create A Venn Diagram
 Look for differences and similarities in
OTC drugs & Prescription drugs…
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Important Medicine Rules
 Never share your prescription medicine
with someone else.
 Never use someone else’s prescription
medicine.
 With all medicines, always check the
dose.
– The right dose for you may be different
than for your friend or family member.
Video…
Healthy Me: All About Medicine
– Worksheet: Student Choice (pick one)
• Match’em Up
• Fill’em In
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How do you decide which medicine
is the right OTC medicine for you?
Read the Drug Facts label
All OTC medicines have a Drug Facts label
Active Ingredients,
purposes, and what
conditions it treats
Drug
Facts
Label
Active Ingredients:
The parts of the medicine that make it
work and the amount per unit.
 Its name
 How much is in each pill or teaspoon (5 mL)
 What it does (its purpose or job)
 The problems/conditions it treats (its uses)
- Circle the active ingredients
- How many mg of pseudoephedrine are there?
- Circle the purposes of this medicine
-Circle 3 usages for this medicine
Activity…
 Read your label
 What is your medicine called?
 What is its purpose?
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Warnings
The warnings section tells you:
 When you should not use the medicine at all
 When you should talk to your doctor first
 How the medicine might make you feel
 When you should stop using the medicine
 Things you should not do while taking the medicine.
Poison Control Center
1-800-222-1221
How to
use the
medicine?
Directions
• How much medicine to use
• How often to use it
• How long you can use it
‾ What measuring device should you use for
taking this medicine?
‾ Circle how much should a 2 year should take?
Reading the Label: Video Clip
Measuring Tools
for Medicines
 Use the measuring spoon, cup, or
syringe that comes with your
medicine. This is the most exact way
to measure your dose.
 If your medicine doesn’t come with a special measuring tool,
ask for one at the pharmacy.
 A silverware spoon may hold the wrong amount of medicine.
 Make sure the tool can measure the right dose – check the
markings on the tool.
 Taking too much of a drug or medicine can result in a toxic
state or death, this is called an overdose.
Activity…
Take Home Messages
 Speak with a parent or adult before using any medicine.
 Read the label carefully.
– The information you need to use your OTC medicine safely and
correctly is in the Drug Facts Label.
– Never take greater quantities then recommended this can
cause an overdose.
 Watch out for a drug interaction- When you take two
different drugs together.
 OTC medicines are serious medicines.
– Be smart about what you put into your body – it’s the only body
you have.
 If someone you know takes too much medicine or the wrong
medicine, tell an adult right away. Call the Poison Control Center
for help!
Pamphlet:
RX DRUG ABUSE
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Commonly Abused Rx Drugs
 Adderall- Used for the treatment of ADHD and
narcolepsy.
 Xanax- Used for anxiety and depression.
 OxyContin- Highly addicting painkiller
 Percocet-Used to relieve moderate to sever pain
 Ritalin- Used to treat ADD or ADHD
 Valium- Use to treat anxiety or muscle spasms
 Vicodin- Used to relieve moderate to server pain
 Halcion- used for sleep problems
DXM ?
 Over the counter drug that is commonly
abused.
 DXM is an ingredient found in many
cough medicines.
 When taking in high dosages, it causes
distortion, hallucinations, and a loss
sense of time
Activity…
Personal Survey
Do you give in to Peer Pressure?
Read…
Chicken Soup: Something I Couldn’t See
(Peer Pressure)
Refusal Skill
 Read: “9 Ways to Say “NO”
 Skits