protect loved ones from dangerous drugs & medicines part 1

Dear All,

I wanted to share with you some tips on how to protect people that you care about from dangerous drugs, dangerous medicines, and combinations of them.

Please google epocrates, micromedex -- these are programs where you can put in several different drugs that you or your loved one is taking, and they will tell you if there are any dangerous drug interactions that come about.

Medlineplus and webmd are free websites that will give you warnings to dangerous drug combinations. They are not as thorough as epocrates and micromedex, but will be helpful as a preliminary review of your drugs.

If you know of any other good programs let me know and I will update this video description.

Thank you,
Jeff

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[ICEMANof92]

I don't know about the other programs mentioned, but epocrates has a free app for smart phones. There are some restrictions if you don't get the full version, but you can still get the important info including running interaction checks on most drugs. Great tool for students.

[TheNHWC]

Now you can understand why I left my NP career to open a Wellness Center. MD's make HUGE mistakes more often than people realize. I was criticized and reprimanded for suggesting healthy lifestyles and healthy vitamins instead of drugs.

I found many mistakes of MD's.

[hurricaneivan117]

vitamins all the way! :) much much safer :)

[PhilippineMediaBook]

Great Excellent very honest, and exposes the sins of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Medical Malpractice.

[yale120]

hey jeff, did you go to psu for undergrad?

[LeTurtle]

It's not always neccessarily the doctor's or the pharmacist's fault that there's a medication error..it's the responsibility of all health care personnel to double and triple check medication interaction alerts. I have on hand caught a medication error as a student nurse, and it was just a writing mistake from the doctor's order that the unit clerk typed in wrong, so it appeared in the patient's list in the wrong dose. We work together to prevent mistakes to the best of our abilities!

[IScreamer]

Pharmacists in the Canadian province of British Columbia, have access to all patients' drug records and are, therefore, capable of noticing any potentially adverse drug interactions. Moreover, I'd assume that the digital records accessed is done so with software which can pick up such problems. Anyway, we should not ignore the paharmacist as playing a vital role in such defence .

[TheMuayThaiMusician]

You've stated very great advice. Another great video. Hope your loved one will be okay.

[urusova]

can one take antibiotics with cough syrup or advil?

[moocaltrain]

Thanks Jeff for bringing up this issue. It can't be emphasized enough especially when patients are often asked about every single drugs or supplements they are currently taking. It can get annoying for patients, but it's very important.