Lesson 2-4
Prescription & Over-the-Counter Drugs: Get the Facts
› TSW differentiate between proper use, misuse and abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
› TSW correctly read sample labels for prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
Objectives
› Dosage
› Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
› Over-the-counter
› Prescription
Health Terms
Transition
› In your student journals, write about a time you were given a prescription from a doctor for a medicine, or a time you took medicine purchased from a store for a cold, allergies, or other illness. What were your symptoms and how did the medicine help?
Intro
Motivate
› What are some other medicines you’ve heard of or may have taken?
› What do all of these drugs have in common?
› What’s the difference between prescription and over-the-counter drugs?
Intro
Prescription Drugs
› Drug gotten legally from a pharmacy with a written prescription
› May be stronger or have side effects
› Used to treat critical or chronic health condition
IntroOver-the-counter Drugs
› Bought from a drug store or grocery store
› Used to treat symptoms of common illnesses
› Limited – there are sometimes limits, must be 18 to buy
Today you’re going to look at how to use prescription and over-the-counter drugs properly, ways these drugs can be misused and abused, and some of the dangers associated with taking them improperly.
Survey
› What do you know about how drugs used for medical purpose are classified and regulated?
Explain
› U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – federal agency that determines what drugs are going to be prescription drugs and which ones will be over-the-counter drugs
› Some start out as prescription drugs then become over-the-counter drugs (Claritin, Zantac)
› All drugs must be approved by the FDA, shown to be safe and work correctly, and labeled with the proper instructions
Teaching Steps
Ask and Discuss
› What are some similarities between two labels?– Name of the drug/active ingredient, amount and strength of the
drug, instructions of how often and when to take
› What are some difference between the labels?
Teaching Steps
Teaching StepsPrescription drug label:
› Person’s name prescribed too
› Prescribing doctor’s name
› Quantity in the container
› Number of refills allowed
› Expiration date
› Drug store contact info
› Specific directions
Over-the-Counter drug label:
› Uses and symptoms to relieve
› Purpose of the drug
› Warnings – side effects, who shouldn’t take drug,
› Amount and timing of doses
› Other info – how to store
› Inactive ingredients
Ask and Discuss
› Why do you think there are differences between prescription and over-the-counter drug labels?
Summarize
› Over-the-counter labels – more info because it’s not known who will be taking the drug
› Not needed in prescription drugs because it’s prescribed for particular person not just anyone
Teaching Steps
Review
› Let’s apply what you’ve already learned about drug misuse and abuse specifically to prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
› What are all of the ways you can think of that a person might misuse a prescription or over-the-counter drug?– Taking more of a drug than suppose to– Taking the drug more frequently than suppose to– Using an over-the-counter drug longer than suppose– Taking 2 or more drugs at the same time– Not finishing a prescription until its gone
Teaching Steps
Review› What are some ways you can think of that a person might abuse a
prescription or over-the-counter drug?– Taking a drug when there’s no medical reason– Taking a drug to get high– Taking a drug that was prescribed for someone else– Obtaining a prescription drug with a doctor’s order– Getting multiple prescriptions from different doctors or
pharmacies– Using drugs with alcohol or other illegal drugs
Teaching Steps
Summarize
› Drug Misuse:–Over-the-counter drugs – people believe taking more or
taking more often will lead to symptoms to stop (WRONG!!!)
– Prescription drugs – forgetting to take dose or stop taking once symptoms get better
› Major difference abuse and misuse – intent and how habitually a person misuses any kind of drug addiction
Teaching Steps
Create and Share
› Create a list as many reasons people might misuse or abuse prescription and over-the-counter drugs as you can think of in 1 minute.
Teaching Steps
Close
› What’s the most important thing that you learned today to help you avoid misusing or abusing prescription or over-the-counter drugs?
Closure
Top Related