Over the Counter & Rx Drugs

1. Over the Counter&Rx Drugs

2. Pre-Assessment Worksheet

3. Read:Lesson 1 Medicines Affect the Body

4. Medicines are Drugs A medicine is a drug… • Treats or prevents a disease or symptom • Not all drugs are medicines… • Changes the way the body works • Some do not help prevent illness, but can harm the body. 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.

5. Who Has Used an Over-the-Counter Medicine This Week? What are some reasons for using an OTC medicine?

6. 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.

7. Create A Venn Diagram • Look for differences and similarities in OTC drugs & Prescription drugs…

8. Video… Healthy Me: All About Medicine • Worksheet: Student Choice (pick one) • Match’em Up • Fill’em In

9. 3 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.

10. 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

11. Drug Facts Label Active Ingredients, purposes, and what conditions it treats

12. 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)

13. - Circle the active ingredients- How many mg of pseudoephedrine are there?- Circle the purposes of this medicine-Circle 3 usages for this medicine

14. Activity… • Read your label • What is your medicine called? • What is its purpose?

15. What’s all this stuff? Warnings

16. 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 1-800-222-1222

17. How to use themedicine?Directions • How much medicine to use • How often to use it • How long you can use it

18. What measuring device should you use for taking this medicine? • Circle how much should a 2 year should take?

19. Reading the Label: Video Clip

20. Measuring Tools for Medicines • 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. • Use the measuring spoon, cup, or syringe that comes with your medicine. This is the most exact way to measure your dose.

21. Activity… Label Comprehension

22. 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! (1-800-222-1222)

23. Pamphlet: Video: The Dangers of RX drug abuse

24. 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

25. Prescription Drug Abuse Fortune-teller Activity…

26. 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

27. Word Association Game

28. Project Create a Worksheet of the • IDEAS • Crossword Puzzle • Word Search • Fill in the Blank • Matching • Word Scramble • Multiple Choice *Must use the Following* Words… Over the Counter Prescription Drug Pharmacist Poison Control Center Drug Interaction Side Effect Stimulant Medicine Food and Drug Administration Overdose Dose Expiration Date Word Bank!

29. Free links to help… • http://www.puzzlefast.com/ • Matching, word search, word scramble, cross word puzzle • http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/fill-in-the-blank/ • Fill in the blank • http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/match-up/ • Matching

30. Highlight Errors • When completing the worksheet • Look for spelling errors • Missing words • Wrong definitions • Grammar

31. BrainPop Peer Pressure Personal Survey Do you give in to Peer Pressure? Read… Chicken Soup: Something I Couldn’t See (Peer Pressure)

32. Refusal Skill • Read: “9 Ways to Say “NO” • Skits