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A medicine or drug
changes how your body works, or
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Who Has Used an Over-the-Counter
Medicine This Week?
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3 Important Medicine Rules
Drug
Facts
Label
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Active Ingredients:
The parts of the medicine that make it
work.
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What does this medicine treat?
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This medicine treats:
Fever
Headache
Minor body aches
and pains
Sore throat
Stuffy nose
Nasal and sinus
congestion
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Keisha
Keisha stayed home from school
today because she is sick.
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Keisha
Keisha wants to take her usual
headache medicine to make the
headache go away.
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Can Keisha take these
medicines together? 15
Both medicines contain the same active
ingredient acetaminophen.
Keisha can not take them together. 16
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Warnings
The warnings section tells you:
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Allergy Alert
When your body has an allergic reaction, you may have
Itching - Swelling
Rash - Fainting
Hives - Trouble breathing
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When using this product
Examples
Do not use more than directed
Take with food or milk if stomach upset occurs
Drowsiness may occur
Avoid contact with eyes.
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Stop use and ask a doctor if
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Keep out of reach of
children
Young children may think medicine tastes
REALLY GOOD.
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Anthony
12 years old.
Soccer goalie.
Championship game today.
Anthony has allergies: stuffy, runny nose
and sneezing; watery eyes.
What can he do?
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Feel Better: Allergy and Congestion Relief
Under warnings,
the label says:
Tony should never take more medicine than directed on the label.
With his parents permission, Tony takes the correct dose.
He soon feels better. 28
Once you think you have found the
right medicine for your problem
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How to
use the
medicine
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Directions
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Measuring Tools
for Medicines
Questions or Comments
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Questions or Comments
Hmmm
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Be Safe!!