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Safety tips with regards to drugs
Watch out for yourself
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With the
ongoing litigation in the Vioxx case and problems with
many other drugs like
Viagra,
Tysabri,
Adderall, and
Prozac, Americans just do not know who they can trust.
It is very clear that the
doctors are clearly on the side of insurance companies and
drug firms (they are the ones who write the checks to
doctors) and drug firms want to sell drugs whether you
need them or not or if they are good for you or not. And
the insurance firms simply want to have huge profits.
Since you are
on your own, you have to watch out for yourself. Veteran
New York malpractice lawyer, Gerry Oginski, offers four
important tips to keep you from being a potential
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- When your doctor prescribes you
medication, ask "What is it for," "Why are you giving me
this prescription," "What are the
side effects," "Will this interact with my other
medications", "Are there other medications with less
side-effects available?"
- When you arrive at your pharmacy to
pick up your medication, don't just pay and race out the
door. Take a moment to look at your medication bottle.
Is it labeled correctly? Is your name on it, and not
someone else? Open the bottle up and check to see what
the pill looks like. If you've never taken this pill
before, ask the pharmacist if they're sure this is right
pill. (It's happened plenty of times where the
pharmacist mixed up your pills with another prescription
simply through careless error.)
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Read about the
risks that come with your medication bottle. If
you have no other choice but to take this
medication then you understand the potential
risks- even a small one.
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If there are
alternative medications you can take, you must
decide with your doctor whether the
risk of taking the medication outweighs the
benefits the medication has to offer.
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