Section 3: What You Need to Know About Your Medication (Medicine, Pills)

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Medication (medicine, pills) can help you feel better. It can also hurt you if you don't take it right. To take your medication safely, you need to know:

1. What is the correct name of my medication?

2. Why do I need to take this medication?

3. How do I take this medication?

4. What are the side effects of this medication?

5. What should I do if I run out of this medication?

6. Where should I keep my medication?

7. What do I do with medication I don't need anymore?

8. Who do I talk to when I have a problem or question?
   
   Name and Telephone No.:

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