By: Charlotte Wilkinson

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Using Medicines Safely

• By Charlotte Wilkinson
• Charnae Felder
• Steven Sutton
• Steven Grant
• Michael Kang
• Ahsid Malik
• Katie Pritchett

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Objective

• Today, students will be learning how to avoid
  abusing the use of medicine and the harmful
  effects that may take place if you choose not to
  use medicine safely.

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Drill

• A. Name two ways people abuse medicine.
• B. For each of the examples,
• name one way you can
• prevent abuse and use
• medicine safely? (complete
• sentences)

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Drill

• Two ways people abuse medicine is drug overdose
  and medicine misuse.
• To prevent drug overdose, you must take the
  appropriate amount of medicine
• prescribed to you. Make sure to
• follow the instructions in or on
• the package and only take
• medicine that was prescribed
• to you.

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Vocabulary

• Prescription Medicines- Medicines that are
  dispensed only with the written approval of a
  licensed physician or nurse practitioner.
• Over-The-Counter (OTC)- Medicines you can buy
  without a doctors prescriptions.
• Medicine Misuse- Using a medicine in ways other
  than the intended use.
• Medicine Abuse- Intentionally taking medicines
  for non medical reasons.
• Drug Overdose- A strong sometimes fatal reaction
  to taking a large amount of a drug.

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Standards for Medicines

• All new medicines in the U.S. must meet standards
  set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
• Before approving the use of a drug, the FDA
  receives information about a medicines chemical
  composition, intended use, effects, and possible
  side effects.
• Drug manufactures test new medicines according to
  FDA guidelines. This includes completing at least
  three clinical trials for the drug. During the
  clinical trial, the drug is tested on human
  volunteers, whom are monitored to determine the
  drugs effectiveness and identify any harmful
  side effects.

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Standards for Medicines

• Sometimes if a drug hasnt yet completed clinical
  trials but is thought to be effective, people
  with life threatening illnesses are allowed to
  use the drug. This usage is referred to
  experimental.
• Patients are given experimental drugs only after
  clinical trials show that the
• drugs are safe and maybe
• effective in treating their illness.

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Notes

• Over The Counter
• Medicines you can buy without a doctors
  prescription.
• Certain medications must be held behind the
  pharmacy counter
• Pseudopheodrine in some OTC
• medications can be used to make
• highly addictive, illegal drugs.
• Prescription Medicines
• Dispensed ONLY with a written approval
• of a licensed physician or nurse
• practitioner.

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Notes Cotinued

• Prescription Medicines
• A licensed pharmacist dispenses these medicines.
• The container only holds the amount of the
  medicine that is needed to treat your condition
• The medicine should only be used by the person
  prescribed.
• Medicine labels
• Medicines are safe only when used as directed.
• FDA requires all medicines to have a label
• that informs consumers how to use the
• medicine safely and effectively.
• Prescription medicines include any special
• instructions, doctors, name, patients home,
• pharmacys name and address, date filled,
• prescription number, and refills are allowed.
• http//www.glencoe.com/ose/showbook.php

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Medicine Misuse

• Medicine Misuse involves using a medicine in ways
  other than the intended use. Medicine misuses can
  prevent the user from getting the full benefit of
  the medicine and can have serious health
  consequence.
• What are some examples of ways to misuse
  medicines?
• Some examples of medicine misuses
• Not following instructions on or in the package.
• Giving a prescription medicine to someone who it
  wasnt prescribed to, or taking someone else's
  medicine.
• Taking too much/little of a medicine.
• Using a medicine for a longer or shorter
• period than prescribed/recommended.
• Discontinuing use of a medicine without
• informing tour health care provider.
• Mixing medicines without the knowledge
• or approval of your health care provider.

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Medicine Misuse Continued

• Medicine Abuse
• Is the taking of medications intentionally for
  nonmedical reasons.
• 96 of teens use medicines safely but 4 abuse
  them.
• Many of them use the medication to try and lose
  weight, to fit in with peers, and to get high.
• Abusing medicines usually leads to a drug
  overdose.
• A drug overdose is a strong and
• sometimes fatal reaction to taking a
• large amount of a drug.
• Continuous intake of a drug will lead
• to an addiction.