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SOURCES: 2009 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Christina Guthenberg, PharmD, Pharmacist, CVS/pharmacy, Cambridge, Mass.

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Pharmacist Christina Guthenberg does her best to make sure customers know how to take their medication.

Christina Guthenberg, Pharm.D.:

There's a lot of barriers for patients to taking their medication correctly, but it definitely, I would say, is a problem that affects elderly people a lot more because they're taking so many medications.

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Things like tiny print, and deciphering what take twice a day actually means, can all add up to non-compliance. But there are things you can do to make sure you're not crossing the fine line between health and harm. Start in your own home and toss expired medications. Don't use them.

Christina Guthenberg, Pharm.D.:

Seven percent of the patients that we've seen have been taking expired medications.

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Certain websites may offer guidance about drug interaction dangers. And don't forget about your pharmacist. You can attend a drug checking event or have a private meeting. Just remember to bring everything you've got.

Christina Guthenberg, Pharm.D.:

We're talking about every medication that they take. So it could be a prescription, it could be a non-prescription, and then we usually like to ask them about even supplements they might take

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A consultation was just what Leah Schwoyer needed when a new drug was added to her regimen.

Leah Schwoyer:

I was just put on another blood pressure medication, and I had some questions about when to take it.

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After looking over her prescriptions and over-the-counter meds, it turned out that timing her calcium was important.

Christina Guthenberg, Pharm.D.:

This aspirin contains calcium and this one here also, so you shouldn't, you should, you shouldn't take them together.

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A personal interaction designed to intercept a drug one. For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.

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