Medications can include prescribed drugs, over the counter drugs, creams, lotions, inhalers, vitamins, supplements, and herbs.
Tips & Links
- Check out Healthlink BC for information on each of your medications including side effects to be aware of and interactions with other medications.
- Be aware how your medications, vitamins, supplements, herbs, alcohol use, and recreational drug use might interact.
- Learn tips about how to safely take and manage your medications from Health Quality BC.
- Keep an updated medication list in your health profile including prescribed drugs, over the counter (OTC) drugs, creams, lotions, inhalers, vitamins, supplements, and herbs.
- Write down why you take your medications, how long you have been taking them, and any side effects, you might have experienced.
- Learn from Healthlink BC how to talk to your pharmacist about your prescriptions, how your medications work, side effects, and any concerns to watch for.
- Know that you can talk directly to a pharmacist through Healthlink BC by dialing 811.
- Ask your pharmacist for pharmacy handouts for each of your medications to keep in your Mywell Health Planner.
- Learn about what medications are covered or not by Fair PharmaCare. You can ask your physician if the drug being prescribed is covered by your insurance.
- Learn how to register for Health Gateway BC to get a list of your past and present medications.
- Review your complete medication list every year with your pharmacist, physician, or nurse practitioner, including all over the counter drugs, supplements, herbs, and vitamins.
- Know that medications can be costly. Make a plan for health benefits coverage after retirement and include these costs in your Mywell Health planner section My Financial Plan.
Tools – Handouts & Videos
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