Help With Medications for Seniors and Family Caregivers

Emergency Poison Control Center

1-800-222-1222 Call this phone number in an emergency. 

See website for more information and for finding a poison control center near you

http://www.poison.org/

Find Information About Specific Drugs

Medline Plus:  A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes for Health

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

Look Up Drug Interactions

Healthline Networks:  Check interactions for two or more drugs

http://www.healthline.com/druginteractions

Drug Safety For Seniors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  Article on common medication safety issues for seniors

http://www.cdc.gov/MedicationSafety/Adult_AdverseDrugEvents.html

Download Tips (pdf)

Food and Drug Association/FDA fact sheet for medication safety

PDF “6 Tips to Avoid Medication Mistakes"

Elderly Medication

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