If
you're like 1 in 3 American adults, you regularly take more than one
prescription drug, according to the CDC.
Prescription drug medical reactions and errors kill almost 300 daily and up
to 784,000 patients annually. Your doctor won’t
necessarily know all of the medicines you’re taking so ask them these questions
when they give you a prescription.
1. What is this prescription for?
2.
How
will this medicine help me?
3.
What
are the side effects?
4.
How
do I take this medicine?
5.
Do
you know how expensive this is, or if my insurance plan will cover it?
6.
Are
there non-drug options I can try?
7.
Why
is this new drug better for me than what I was taking?
