Do you know what medicines you are taking? Do you know the doses? Do you know the purpose of each of the medications? These seem like rather basic inquiries and yet you would be surprised how many patients cannot respond accurately to these 3 simple questions. The medical profession needs to emphasize the importance of patients achieving an adequate level of medical literacy. Knowing their medications is an important element of this mission. It is much easier for doctors to care for informed patients. When a patient is unsure, for example, why he is on Lipitor, we can easily explain this. It is more challenging, however, for doctors and other medical professionals when patients do not know the specific dose of a drug or if a drug was omitted from the medication list. This happens all the time. Now here's a guy who knows how to make a list! Electronic medical records (EMR) have the current medication list available for the medical staff to review. But, not surprisin
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