Medication and Allergy List

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Medication and Allergy List

All

of us are on a myriad of medications. If you were to have to go

into the hospital for an emergency, would your family be able to tell

the doctors what medications you are CURRENTLY on?

Please take time today to do this ..

make a list of the medications you are taking ..

copy the name of the medication from the bottle..

DO NOT rely on your memory as to the correct spelling of the med.

Write down not only the dosage amount but the time you usually take it

as well.

Example:

Plaquenil 200 mg twice a day .. 7 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Xanax 0.25 mg three times a day .. 7 a.m., 3 p.m., 8 p.m.

After you have written your list of medications, add whatever things

you are allergic to: drugs, foods, etc.

At the top of the list, write your name, address, phone, main doctor

and his phone number .. then type in " This list

last updated on

September whatever.

After you have typed, handwritten, or computer generated your list,

make several copies. Keep one in your purse or on

your person at all

times. Keep a copy on the front of your refrigerator

in plain view. (I

put mine in a zip lock bag on the front of the refrigerator so it

doesn’t get soiled.)

Keep ALL your medications in their original bottles in a large zip

lock bag. Put a copy of your list of medications in

the bag. The bag

should be kept in the same place in your house so even the smallest

child can answer the fireman when he asks, " Does your mommy take any

pills? Can you show them to me? "

People ..

we take too many drugs that interact with other drugs. If we do not

remember or cannot tell the emergency medical personnel what we are

taking, you are putting your life in danger. Make it

easier on

yourself and your family in the event of an

emergency.

This is one way of taking control of your life, instead of your life

taking control of you.

Hugs,

Deanna