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MedicinesTalk No. 10 Winter 2004 edition MedicinesTalk No. 10 Winter 2004 edition
MedicinesTalk Winter 2004, contains articles on community education in Launceston, needing more than medicine, telephone medicines information service, choosing a painkiller, avoiding medicine mistakes, what else is in the tablet and common colds don't need antibiotics campaign.
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 |
|---|---|
| Bridging language gaps in Launceston | What are Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflets? How did the ‘Bridging the Information Gaps’ seminar held in Launceston help clients learn more about their medicines? |
| You may need more than just medicine | Simple lifestyle changes you can make to improve your health without using medicines, or in addition to using medicines. |
| Medicines information over the phone | Medicines Line is a telephone service that provides reliable information about prescription, over-the-counter and alternative medicines to consumers. |
| Taking the pain out of choosing a painkiller | Most of us use over-the-counter analgesics (painkillers) but like all medicines, they can have serious side effects when used inappropriately, so it is important that we choose and use them wisely. |
| Avoiding medicine mistakes when returning home from hospital | Many medicines mistakes are made when people return home from hospital. We give you tips on how to avoid these mistakes and also where to get further information from. |
| What else is in the tablet? | Learn about excipients (fillers) which are used in drugs for a variety of purposes including binding, stability and flavour. They may be important for people with allergies or reasons for avoiding various substances. |
| Common colds need common sense, they don’t need antibiotics | The NPS 'Common colds need common sense, not antibiotics' campaign aims to raise community awareness of ways to treat common colds and the flu without the use of antibiotics. |
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