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WASHINGTON (AP) - Some tips to help patients take their medicines correctly, from the nonprofit National Council on Patient Information and Education:
_Before leaving the doctor's office with a new prescription, ask detailed questions including: How and when do I take this? When do I quit? What food, drink, other medicines or activities should I avoid while using this medicine? What is it supposed to do? How do I know if it's working? What are its possible side effects? What do I do if have those?
_Bring to each doctor's appointment a complete list of all prescription and nonprescription medicines you take, so the doctor can check if a planned new drug will interact badly with an existing one. If you use one pharmacy exclusively, the pharmacist can print out a prescription list for you.
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