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Making Medicines Safer for All of Us

Are You On Too Many Medications?

Too many drugs?

Answer the following 10 questions to assess the risk of your taking a mixture of drugs that is of more harm than benefit to you.

The higher the number, the more important it is that you have a conversation with your doctor.

Read more about the problems of polypharmacy in a post by Dr. Dee Mangin.

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1. Do you have more than 3 medical conditions?*
2. Do you take 5 or more medications regularly?*
3. Do you take 12 or more medication doses each day?*
4. How many people write prescriptions for you?*
5. Have you had more than 3 changes to your medications in the last year?*
6. When was your last appointment for an overall review of all of your medications?*
7. Have you wondered if you are experiencing medication side effects?*
8. Are you over 65 years of age?*
9. Do any of your drugs need monitoring with blood tests? (common examples are warfarin, digoxin, carbamazepine, lithium, phenytoin but there are many others)*
10. Do you take non prescribed medications (including painkillers) or supplements regularly?*
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