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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 person�s 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.