We sizzled on the beach as teenagers,
smoked and drank our way through our twenties.
Fortunately, our anti-aging treatments do more than
simply camouflage the damage that's already been done."

Dr. Donald Powell, president
of the American Institute for
Preventive Medicine in Farm-
ington Hills, finds that he is al-
ways telling patients to complete
their prescription. "Too often,
a patient will stop taking the
pills in the middle because he's
feeling better, and then two
weeks later there's a flare up of
the original problem.
"What's really surprising is
how many people take someone
else's prescription. That's just
asking for trouble. Who knows
what your reaction may be! Pa-
tients will recover more quickly
and stay healthier if they work
with their physicians and phar-
macists — the medication ex-
perts."
Equally important is the pa-
tient accepting responsibility for
the growing number of nonpre-
scription medicines that offer all
of us greater opportunity to treat
more of the aches and illnesses
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Making The Most
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or pharmacist.
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the drugstore must be legible.
If you can't read what your
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* Prescriptions should include
a notation of the purpose of the
drug, such as to relieve cough-
ing. Sometimes the name of
one drug is very similar to the
name of a very different med-
ication.
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on your own.
* Don't keep old medications.
* Store medications in a dry
area, out of the reach of chil-
dren.
* Know what food or drugs you
shouldn't take with the med-
ication.
* Find out if there are any ac-
tivities that should be avoided
while taking the medication.

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