Making a Medication List

How to properly list your Medications and Allergies.

Every medication that you take orally, nasally, rectally or by injection or as a cream applied topically (to the skin) must be listed. Including all over the counter and herbal items that are taken or used. Remember that there are interactions between these items and between some drugs and certain foods. Thus it is imperative that a complete list be maintained.

It is also important to note whether there is use of caffeine, alcohol or tobacco products. (There will be a future post containing more on this subject.) Remember eating poppy seed muffins will show positive for opiates on a drug screen so everything we consume can show up or cause an effect.

When making the list of medications you should include the details of the prescription and when and how youtake the prescription.

Again I mention that the list should include caffeine, alcohol and tobacco due to interactions or altered effectiveness of the prescribed medications.
As far as allergies, you must list every medication that you are allergic to and what your reaction was to this medication. (there will be a future post with more info on this subject.)

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