Medicines. What’s in a name?

Prescription medicines are supposed to help you feel better not worse, right?

Unfortunately 140,000 Australians wind up in hospital each year because of a bad reaction to their meds. The National Prescribing Service has launched an online tool, the NPS Medicine Name Finder that identifies a prescription medicine’s active ingredient and other brand names it goes by.

Visit http://www.nps.org.au//consumers/tools_and_tips/medicine_name_finder and click the link to Consumer Medicine Information to learn of any hazards specific to your drug.