http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-your-medication/ by Jeff Smyth Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-your-medication/#comment-178 CaregiversCove Tue, 05 May 2009 17:52:57 +0000 http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/?p=683#comment-178 Great post. I'd like to add that an additional safeguard would be to ask the pharmacist whether certain meds don't go well with specific food items. I just got done with posting a 6-part series on organizing medications on my site. Keep up the good work! Great post. I’d like to add that an additional safeguard would be to ask the pharmacist whether certain meds don’t go well with specific food items.
I just got done with posting a 6-part series on organizing medications on my site. Keep up the good work!

]]> http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-your-medication/#comment-175 Kaye Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:55:22 +0000 http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/?p=683#comment-175 Great advice! Another thing I've done to help my parents as they take the medication is to write out the medication and the number of pills to take along side the time to take it. They just looked at the sheet for the time, saw exactly what to take. Great advice! Another thing I’ve done to help my parents as they take the medication is to write out the medication and the number of pills to take along side the time to take it. They just looked at the sheet for the time, saw exactly what to take.

]]> http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-your-medication/#comment-174 Susan Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:24:00 +0000 http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/?p=683#comment-174 Oh you got that right! I keep a list and update it frequently at all times in my purse, so when such times calls and I need to take my father to the doctor or Urgent care, I have it handy, he takes quite a bit!! Oh you got that right! I keep a list and update it frequently at all times in my purse, so when such times calls and I need to take my father to the doctor or Urgent care, I have it handy, he takes quite a bit!!

]]> http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-your-medication/#comment-173 Denise Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:23:26 +0000 http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/?p=683#comment-173 Hi Jeff! Terrific tip. Thanks for being in our Progressive Party! I hope you are all enjoying a good weekend together. Please keep us posted... Best, Denise Hi Jeff! Terrific tip. Thanks for being in our Progressive Party! I hope you are all enjoying a good weekend together. Please keep us posted…
Best,
Denise

]]> http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/what-you-need-to-know-about-your-medication/#comment-172 Dale Carter Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:44:50 +0000 http://jeffsmyth.wordpress.com/?p=683#comment-172 Very good advice. I read where the average elderly person is on 12 medications. One other good tip that my elderly mother heard to do: She has a sheet posted on her frig of all her meds (dosage, etc). If she ever has to be taken to the hospital, the list is right there on her frig so EMTs or neighbor could just grab it and it would go with her to the hospital. Very good advice. I read where the average elderly person is on 12 medications.
One other good tip that my elderly mother heard to do: She has a sheet posted on her frig of all her meds (dosage, etc). If she ever has to be taken to the hospital, the list is right there on her frig so EMTs or neighbor could just grab it and it would go with her to the hospital.

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