Are You Making Medication Mistakes?

Sources Medically Reviewed on 01/13/2021 Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on January 13, 2021
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SOURCES:
Clinical Toxicology: “Non-health care facility medication errors resulting in serious medical outcomes.”
PLOS One: “Preventing dispensing errors by alerting for drug confusions in the pharmacy information system -- A survey of users.”
InDependent Diabetes Trust (UK): “Storing Insulin.”
Annals of Internal Medicine: “Interventions to Improve Adherence to Self-administered Medications for Chronic Diseases in the United States: A Systematic Review,” “Clinical Observation: Spoons Systematically Bias Dosing of Liquid Medicine.”
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences: “Overuse and Misperceptions of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in the United States.”
FDA: “Best Practices for Tablet Splitting,” “Avoid Food-Drug Interactions,” “Why You Need to Take Your Medications as Prescribed or Instructed,” “Disposal of Unused Medicines: What You Should Know.”
Journal of the American Medical Association: “Prevalence of Prescription Medications with Depression as a Potential Adverse Effect Among Adults in the United States.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Why It’s Best to Occasionally Review Your Medicines With Your Doctor.”
National Institute on Aging: “Medicines: Common Questions Answered.”
U.S. Pharmacist: “Food-Drug Interactions: Which Ones Really Matter?”
National Institutes of Health: “Harmful Interactions: Mixing Alcohol with Medicine.”
Institute for Safe Medication Practices: “Where Do You Keep Your Medicine?” “What Does a Medication’s Expiration Date Mean.”
British Medical Journal: “Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based cross sectional study.”
Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on January 13, 2021
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