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Medications

Medications. I. Medicine. Any drug that is used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort. II. Prescription Contents. 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.

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Medications

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  1. Medications

  2. I. Medicine • Any drug that is used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort

  3. II. Prescription Contents • The dosage. • When medicine should be taken. • How often medicine should be taken. • Length of time medicine should be taken.

  4. 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.

  5. IV. Over-the-counter Medicines (OTC) • Medicines sold without a prescription.

  6. V. Generic Medicine • Medicine that is made by a company other than the one that developed it.

  7. VI. Active Ingredient • Chemical component that gives a medicine its action.

  8. VII. Choosing an OTC medicine. • Read the label. • Decide what kind of OTC will work for you. • Decide between brand-name or generic medicine.

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