Staying Healthy
Protect yourself from medication mix-ups
Being vigilant about what you're taking can reduce your risk of a harmful drug reaction.
There's an old expression that the cure is sometimes worse than the disease. That rings true when it comes to a common problem in health care — medication errors.
Medication mix-ups and mistakes sometimes lead to harmful drug reactions, which cause about 700,000 emergency department visits and 100,000 hospital admissions each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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