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Safe Medication Use

Medication Record

Ask the Heart Expert

Important Drug Interaction Information

Women's Health

Useful Links

Medicine Interaction Cabinet

Medicine Information Webliography

Center for Education & Research on Therapeutics

The Consumers section of the ArizonaCERT web site has tools to help patients use medicines and other medical products. Although prescription drugs are safe when used correctly under the care of a physician, they have the potential to cause harm to patients. The good news is that the majority of problems can be prevented or greatly lessened when patients and health care providers work together.

Patients and their caregivers play an important role in keeping medicines safe. By taking an active part in their health care in the doctor's office and at home, patients and their caregivers can avoid mistakes or problems with their medicines.

Tools You Can Use

» Safe Medication Use
Provides helpful hints for safe medication use

» Medication Webliography for Consumers

A list of recommended websites to help consumers find free, useful and accurate drug information online.

» Medication Record
A downloadable tool to keep a list of your medications.
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

» Ask the Heart Expert
Commonly asked questions and answers about heart arrhythmias, QT syndrome, and torsades de pointes.

» Medicine Interaction Cabinet

A unique way to learn about the safety of non-prescription medicines in your medicine cabinet.

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» Important Drug Interaction Information
Articles about drug interactions with other drugs and drug interactions with food.

» Methadone Interaction Wallet Card (PDF)

Patients taking prescribed methadone can use this handy wallet card to check for drugs that interact with methadone. for quotes on pre-printed cards.

More info on Methadone drug interactions

» Useful Links
Links to other sites that give additional information on medicines.

Arizona Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics
The Critical Path Institute
Tucson, Arizona and Rockville, Maryland

Funded in part by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant 1 U18 HS10385-01

Disclaimer and Waiver
The information presented is intended solely for the purpose of providing general information about health related matters. It is not intended for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, medical or pharmaceutical advice and/or treatment, nor is it intended to substitute for the users' relationships with their own health care/pharmaceutical providers. To that extent, by continued use of this program, the user affirms the understanding of the purpose and releases The Critical Path Institute, The University of Arizona, State of Arizona and Arizona Board of Regents from any claims arising out of his/her use of the website.