AND
AND OVERDOSES.4@ >>> IT IS TEMPTING TO SHARE PRESCRIPTIONS WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS4@ TO RELIEVE SYMPTOMS
AND MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THIS,
AND IN A STUDY JUST PUBLI4@SHED
IN THE4@ AMERICAN J4@OURNAL OF
PUBLIC HEALTH SHOWS THE
PREVALENCE OF MEDICATION
SHARING IS MORE THAN 52%.
>> OUR MEDICAL4@ REPORTER IS4@
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS
OF SHARING PRESCRIPTION4@
MEDICATIONS.
WHERE DO WE BEGIN ON THIS?
OF SHARING PRESCRIPTION4@ MEDICATIONS. WHERE DO WE BEGIN ON THIS?4@
>> INTENTIONS ARE ALWAYS
GOOD.4@
WE THINK WE ARE SHARE --
SAVING SOMEBODY TIME AND
MONEY, BUT IT CAN HAVE SERIOUS
HEALTH CON4@SEQUENCES.4@
>> WHAT ARE SOME THE REASONS
WE SHOULDN'T?4@
YOU SAID NUMBER ONE WE MAY NOT
BE CREATING THE RIGHT4@ --
TREATING THE RIGHT DISEASE.
WHY IS THAT?
>> WE MAY HAVE A SYMPTOM LIKE
A COUGH FOR INSTANCE THAT WE
HAVE4@ A CHRONIC COUGH AND WE
MAY THINK IT IS ALLERGIES OR A
COLD, BUT4@ IN FACT YOU MAY BE
TREATING ANOTHER ILLNESS.
SOME OF4@ THEM CAN OVERLAP.4@
FOR ADULTS IT CAN BE EMPHYSEMA4@
OR CON JESS FIVE HEART
FAILURE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
TAKING THE APPROPRIATE4@
MEDICINE.
>> LET'S STALK ABOUT4@ DOSAGE.
WHAT IS PRESCRIBED FOR YOU MAY
NOT BE PRESCRIBED FOR SOMEONE
ELSE WHEN4@ SOMEBODY SHARES THE
MEDICINE.
>> ACCURATE DOSING IS CRITICAL
FOR SAFETY AND EFFICACY.
DOCTORS LIKE TO START LOW AND
SLOW.
MEANING THEY LOOK AT YOUR
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT AND AGE.4@
THEY DON'T WANT TO EXPOSE YOU
TO MORE DRUG THAN YOU HAVE TO,
OR NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH.
IF YOU ARE SHARING YOUR
MEDICATION4@ YOU MAY NOT -- YOU
MAY NOT BE GETTING ENOUGH OR
MAY BE GETTING TOO MUCH AND IT
CAN CAUSE ADVERSE4@ EFFECTS.
>> I TALK ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE4@
SAME FAMILY ON THE SAME
MEDICINES.
>> SHY DAD AND I ARE -- MY DAD
AND I ARE ON THE4@ SAME
HEARTBURN MEDICATION, BUT HE
MAY TAKE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT.
>> WHEN4@ YOU COMBINE WHAT DRUGS
ARE MADE OF YOU MAY HAVE A
REACTION TO IT.
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT
ANTIBIOTICS.
SOME4@ IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T
WANT TO SHARE WITH FOLKS.
WHY IS THAT?
>> RIGHT.
WE TALK ABOUT4@ PAIN MEDICATION
THAT WE WILL GET TO.
ANTIBIOTICS IN THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY IS A BIG THREAT.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANTIBIOTICS
LEFT OVER BEC4@AUSE WE A4@RE NOT
TAKING THE AMOUNT OF
ANTIBIOTICS THAT IS4@
RECOMMENDED TO KILL4@ BACTERIA.
THIS ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT
BACTERIA IS A MAJOR CAUSE TO
THAT.
AND YOU MAY LOOK AT A BOTTLE
AND THINK IT IS AN ANTIBIOTIC,
AND IT MIGHT NOT BE.
NAMES COULD CHANGE BY ONE OR
TWO4@ SILL LABELLES AND4@ VOWEL.
>> AND WHEN IT COMES TO PAIN
MED,4@ WHAT IS OKAY WITH ONE MAY
NOT BE OKAY FOR ANOTHER.
>> EXACTLY.
THERE WAS A STUDY OUT OF4@ PENN
STATE AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE DOSING.
YOU DON'T WAN4@T TO TAKE TOO
MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH4@.
AND YOU MAY BE TAKING
SOMETHING FOR PAIN AND HAVE AN
UNDERLING HEALTH CONDITION
LIKE KIDNEY DISEASE OR LIVER
DISEASE WHICH A PAIN
MEDICATION COULD ACTUALLY MAKE
WORSE.
NOW YOU ARE BRINGING ON
ANOTHER4@ PROBLEM THAT YOU MAY
NOT KNOW YOU HAVE IF YOU ARE
SHARING A MEDICATION.
>> SO IF MY WIFE IS TAKING A
MEDICINE AND SHE SAYS OH I
HAVE -- YOU CAN TAKE THIS.
I MIGHT BE ALLERGIC TO IT.4@
>> WELL, RIGHT.
TRUE.
YOU MAY BE ALLERGIC TO IT, AND
AGAIN, WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT ALLERGIES AND4@4@ PAIN WHT
MAY WORK FOR YOUR WIFE MAY NOT
WORK FOR YOU.
AND4@ THE STUDY I WANT TO
MENTION THAT WAS THE REASON I
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS
THEY ARE FINDING THAT4@ THEY
HAVE A GREAT THEIR ARE YOU
TIFF OF PAIN -- A GREAT4@ THEIR
ARE YOU TIFF4@ -- NARRATIVE OF
PAIN4@ IMMEDIATE -- MEDICATION.
THEY FOUND 52% OF PEOPLE THAT
IS HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SHARING PAIN DRUGS, THAT IN
FACT IS THE GATEWAY TO OPIOID
MISUSE.
IT IS NOT A DOCTOR PRESCRIBING
PER SAY.
>> IT IS PEOPLE SHARING IT.
>> IT IS A LOVED ONE WHO SEES
YOU UNC4@OMFORTABLE AND IN PAIN
AND4@ THEY THINK THEY ARE
HELPING YOU.
YOU TRUST THEM.
IT WORKED FOR THEM AND IT
SHOULD WORK FOR YOU.
TALKING ABOUT SHARING FOR YOUR
HUSBAND OR WIFE, BUT NOW THEY
WILL GO DOCTOR SHOPPING.
THERE IS DOCTOR SHOPPING FOR
THIS PAIN MEDICATION4@ THAT CAN
BE TO THAT.4@
>> THE REASON THEY DID THIS
STUDY IS THEY WANT TO GET TO
THE4@ ROOT4@ CAUSE4@.
>> T4@HAT'S THE MEDICINE FOR THE
COUGH.4@