Medications

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Medications
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I. Medicine

• Any drug that is used to cure, prevent, or treat
  illness or discomfort

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II. Prescription Contents

1. The dosage.
2. When medicine should be taken.
3. How often medicine should be taken.
4. Length of time medicine should be taken.

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III. Misuse of Prescription Medications

• Taking someone elses medication.
• Taking medication when not needed.
• Taking too much medicine
• Mixing medicine with other medicines or alcohol.

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IV. Over-the-counter Medicines (OTC)

• Medicines sold without a prescription.

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V. Generic Medicine

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

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VI. Active Ingredient

• Chemical component that gives a medicine its
  action.

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VII. Choosing an OTC medicine.

1. Read the label.
2. Decide what kind of OTC will work for you.
3. Decide between brand-name or generic medicine.