What to Ask Your Doctor About Medications

A doctor visit is never pleasant, no matter what you go in for. What can be worse though is the side effects of the medications you may come out with. Drug injury can result from a mistake as simple as mixing an over the counter with a prescription medication, and can result in serious injury or death. Before a lawyer is needed to sue your family doctor, ask these few questions to make sure you know what is a normal side effect and what requires a hospital stay.

What Side Effects Do You Know Of?

This seems simple but it can be easily overlooked, especially if you’re in pain or not feeling well, but this simple question can help avoid a lot of confusion. What may seem like a bad reaction may just be the medicine doing its work. Make sure to ask so you know the difference.

What Should I Not Mix This With?

Some medications cannot be mixed with other chemicals, such as food, alcohol or other medications. Most drug injury result from the wrongful mixture of chemicals so make sure to ask. Even yogurt can harmfully effect some antibiotics in serious ways.

How Strong Is This?

Some well-meaning doctors may give a patient the strongest dose of a particular medication in the hopes that the problem clears up immediately. Though this can be a safe strategy, if you know your body has strong reactions to medications it sometimes doesn’t hurt to ask for a medication with less of a kick.

When Should I Start Seeing Results?

Medications are not magic potions. They don’t effect the person on a visible level immediately. Make sure to ask though when you will be seeing results. Some drug injury incidents are the result of stopping a medication halfway through because the medication didn’t show signs of working. A lawyer will ask if you took the medication for the recommended period of time before they take it to court if it comes to a lawsuit.

How Long Will the Medication Remain in My System?

Just because the illness is gone doesn’t mean the medicine is gone as well. Bad side effects and reactions can still happen up to a month after taking some medications, so ask when you can resume certain activities or consume certain chemicals.

What Should I Look out For?

Some medications have decisive signs that they are having an adverse effect. Weather a rash or not breathing, any drug injury can mean something has gone horribly wrong. Before you call your lawyer, ask to make sure that the drugs in question have any sort of warning sign like this.

Joe Meyere is a legal writer for Fusion 360, an SEO and content marketing agency. Information provided by Robert J Debry. Follow on Twitter.

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