Avoiding Lethal Medication Mishaps

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taking a complete patient drug history and proper transcription both play vital roles in the prevention of medication misadventures and help in the fast recuperation of our patients. it is really important to follow the 10 golden rules in drug administration to save both patient and the one administering the drug.

kaye 10:31PM May 04, 2009

the best website I have found that lists a huge number of medications and their side effects is www.rxlist.com you read the name of your medication of your prescription bottle and type it into the search bar.
I do not believe that this website offers a way to track your meds and supplements.
I use Microsoft office excel, and I list each medicine i take, then i go to rxlist, and get all the side effect information, and the information on the drug or supplements that it should not be taken with. I keep this information in a file on my desk top, and i make sure that when i get prescribed a new medication or want to take a new vitamin etc. i check my file.

kim of UT 9:13PM March 23, 2009

I was wondering if there is a program or web site where you can enter all your prescriptions and supplements, and have potential warnings appear. Sometimes it is hard to read all the information listed for each drug or supplement you are taking. And if your doctor misses it, it would be a way for people to track their own possible medical problems.

Mike Hanners of FL 8:38PM December 28, 2008