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MedicinesTalk No. 29 Autumn 2009MedicinesTalk No. 29 Autumn 2009
MedicinesTalk Autumn 2009 has articles on using medicines safely, looking after your medicines, medication organisers and generic medicines information for culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Written by consumers for consumers, MedicinesTalk is a free quarterly newsletter that gives you reliable, accurate information and useful hints on managing your medicines.
| Title | Why read this |
|---|---|
| Using medicines wisely and safely | Medicines play a major role in preventing and treating illnesses, but only if we use them wisely and safely. Find out whats involved. |
| No longer lost in translation | NPS has improved the access to information about generic medicines for people from Italian, Greek, Vietnamese and Chinese (simplified and traditional script) speaking backgrounds with the release of brochures about generic medicines in these languages. |
| The ABC of looking after medicines | Look after your medicines and they will look after you. Find out how. |
| NPS Medicines Line answers your questions | Each day, scores of people ring the pharmacists at NPS Medicines Line on 1300 888 763 to ask questions about their medicines. Here’s one from Margaret. |
| Forget or muddle your pills at times? | If you take medicines regularly, you probably have times when you can’t remember whether you’ve taken your last lot of tablets. Medication organisers are special pill containers that help overcome this problem. Learn more. |
| MedicinesTalk Autumn 2009: Medicines quiz | Test your knowledge of the quality use of medicines issues covered in this edition of MedicinesTalk. |
Complete list of all MedicinesTalk articles.
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Date published: 2009-05-01 00:00:00
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