Avoidable medication errors are a major problem in the Australian healthcare system. One thing pharmacists and other health professionals agree about is that the risk of medication errors is increased by limitations or gaps in patients' knowledge and understanding...
Difficulties with medication use often arise because consumers have too little or too much information. Every prescription drug should have a consumer information leaflet included with the package, but unfortunately they often don't. And even when they do, they...
What Am I Taking? provides detailed profiles of 100 of the most-prescribed drugs in Australia.
What Am I Taking? includes an extensive section called Warnings and Precautions, which applies to the use of any medications, not just those profiled in the book. It includes a basic safety checklist, plus a lot of other information...
What Am I Taking? is not a guide to help you decide which drug you should be using. We have deliberately avoided giving any advice, or making any recommendations about which medication is best for you, or for the...
