Transcript Medications

Medications
I. Medicine
 Any
drug that is used to cure, prevent,
or treat illness or discomfort
II. Prescription Contents
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3.
4.
The dosage.
When medicine should be taken.
How often medicine should be
taken.
Length of time medicine should be
taken.
III. Misuse of Prescription Medications
 Taking
someone else’s medication.
 Taking medication when not needed.
 Taking too much medicine
 Mixing medicine with other medicines
or alcohol.
IV. Over-the-counter Medicines (OTC)
 Medicines
sold without a prescription.
V. Generic Medicine
 Medicine
that is made by a company
other than the one that developed it.
VI. Active Ingredient
 Chemical
component that gives a
medicine its action.
VII. Choosing an OTC medicine.
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3.
Read the label.
Decide what kind of OTC will work
for you.
Decide between brand-name or
generic medicine.