Although medicines can make you feel better and help you get well, it’s important to know that all medicines have risks as well as benefits.

 Some of the risks involved with taking medicines include:

• harmful reactions when the medicine is combined with certain foods, drinks, vitamins, and traditional or other medicines
• the medicine not working as expected
• the medicine causing additional health problems.

You can help to reduce the risks of taking medicines. You can read or order useful resources in your language to assist you.

Chinese resources (traditional and simplified) Italian resources Greek resources Vietnamese resources

中文資源 Risorse in lingua italiana Ελληνικές Πηγές Πληροφοριών Các tài liệu bằng Việt Ngữ

Get to know your medicines campaign 2008

NPS and the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia ran a campaign with Chinese- and Italian-speaking seniors in October and November.

Radio community service announcements

You can listen to our radio community service announcements, or download them and place them on your website.

In Cantonese	In Mandarin	In Italian
Doctor Chen give tips on how to manage your medicines. A message about keeping a list of your medicines and taking as directed by your doctor or pharmacist.	Doctor Chen give tips on how to manage your medicines. A message about keeping a list of your medicines and taking as directed by your doctor or pharmacist.	Doctor Rossi give tips on how to manage your medicines. A message about keeping a list of your medicines and taking as directed by your doctor or pharmacist.

Your community organisation can ask a bilingual health professional to run a medicine information seminar using our PowerPoint presentations (in Italian, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese) and presentation kit.

For more information, please email us.

 

 

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