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MedicinesTalk Summer 2006: Medicines quizMedicinesTalk Summer 2006: Medicines quiz

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Test your knowledge about the quality use of medicines. Most of the answers can be found in the articles in this edition of MedicinesTalk.

  1. Which of the following substances is a medicine?
    1. Paracetamol
    2. St John's wort
    3. Vitamin C
    4. All of the above
  2. The cost of PBS medicines used by you, your spouse and your dependent children can be combined into one PBS Safety Net total.
    1. True
    2. False
  3. You are more likely to have medicine-related problems after a hospital stay if the hospital does not know about all the medicines you were taking before you went into hospital.
    1. True
    2. False
  4. Older people are more sensitive to some medicines.
    1. True
    2. False

Answers below

 

 

Answers

  1. d. All of the above. The term medicines includes herbal and natural medicines, mineral and vitamin supplements and over-the-counter medicines as well as prescription medicines.
  2. a. True. See 'Spending record'.
  3. a. True. See 'Medicines list'.
  4. a. True. See 'More sensitive to some medicines'.

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Date published: 2006-12-01 00:00:06

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