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Over The Counter Medication Education Approach, Gurpinder Gill, Ian Crane
Over The Counter Medication Education Approach, Gurpinder Gill, Ian Crane
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OTC meds are essential because they give the patient the ability to avoid an unnecessary visit to the doctor's office. They also allow the health care provider to better focus on those with more serious illnesses, and some patients do not have appropriate health care access and rely solely on non-prescription meds. However, patients who use OTC meds do have a tendency to underestimate the serious risks of these meds such as potential for abuse, toxicity, adverse effects, drug interactions, and the delay in seeking a physician's advice.
Education In Over The Counter Medications, For High School Freshmen, Ian Crane
Education In Over The Counter Medications, For High School Freshmen, Ian Crane
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Over the medications offer numerous benefits, allowing short term treatment of symptoms, and reducing unnecessary Doctor’s visits for things like viral illness. Yet these medications also have potential for misuse. Roughly 10% of Danbury High School students abused OTC medications in 2013.