It is very important for everyone to understand the information found
It is very important for everyone to understand the information found of a drug label, especially healthcare individuals.
Pick five of the drugs from the Top 200 list (from the Physician’s Desk Reference, http://www.pdr.net, and make medication/prescription labels for each of them. You can use or modify the attached template as a starting point or create your own prescription label.
The label should include the following:
- Drug Name
- Strength of Drug
- Instructions on how and when to take this drug
- Physical description of the drug
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
- Required Federal Caution Statement
- Drug Side Effects/Warnings
You can use fictional information for the following:
- Pharmacy Name & Address
- Pharmacy Phone
- Patient name and address
- Number used by Pharmacy to identify your prescription number (RX number)
- Number of times you can refill the drug
- Number of pills in the bottle
- Date the drug was filled by the pharmacy
- Doctor’s Name
- Discard/expiration date of the drug