Getting Your Prescription Safely

Get to know your pharmacist:

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Try to go to the same pharmacy - The pharmacist should know all the medications you are taking

 

Ask your pharmacist:

How to take the medication and get special instructions if needed (examples: drops, patches, inhaler).

How to measure liquid medications.

How to store medications.

For a printed information sheet for each of your medicines.

        

If you get a refill and the medicine looks different, ask why.

       Mail order – Avoid scams, verify pharmacy website before you buy.

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