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Medication review

Medication Review

Do you understand the reason why you are taking each of your medications?
Do you understand how to take each of your medications?

Please speak to a Pharmacist or a GP to discuss when and how you should take your medication.

Do you find it easy to take each of your medications?
For example, you are able to press the canister down on your inhaler or you can easily swallow the tablets.
Are you currently taking each of your medications as they are prescribed on the label?
It is sometimes difficult to remember to take medication. Do you ever forget to take any of your medications?
Do you get any side effects from the medication you are taking?
Do you manage your own medication?
Rather than a family member, friend, or carer managing your medications.

Smoking

Smoking status

Alcohol consumption

This is one unit of alcohol:

Amount of different types of drink representing one unit of alcohol

And each one of these, is more than one unit:

Amount of different types of drink representing more than one unit of alcoholAmount of different types of drink representing more than one unit of alcohol
How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
How many units of alcohol do you drink on a typical day when you are drinking?
How often have you had 6 or more units if female, or 8 or more if male, on a single occasion in the last year?

Additional alcohol questions

How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of your drinking?
How often during the last year have you needed an alcoholic drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?
How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?
Have you or somebody else been injured as a result of your drinking?
Has a relative or friend, doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested that you cut down?

Height and weight

For example, 1.75
For example, 60.6
Are you happy for the practice to update your review date now?
Confirmation