I laugh and joke alot about getting older and having my own personal pharmacy.  It’s true.  As I sit here and type, I’m looking at my “pharmacy” which is located directly infront of my keyboard.

Why there and not in a medicine cabinet?  Honestly, I would forget to take them if they weren’t right there.  I have enough trouble remembering and they ARE sitting right there (not to mention the alarms that go off on my phone and computer throughout the day to REMIND me to take them.)

When you’re only taking one medication, the do’s and don’ts are fairly easy to remember, but when there are several, I always lose track of what can be taken when and with what and it turns into a big debacle in my head.  It’s also difficult to remember the dosage that you take when asked.

But did you know that things change over time when it comes to medications?  They improve drugs, and new drugs are released that might interact with something that you’re taking and if you don’t spend every day researching this stuff, you’ll miss it.

So when I found out about MedNotes, I have to tell you, I was excited!  MedNotes is an easy place for me to keep track of the medications for all of us.  It provides a free, online personalized medication management program.

Each of us has a profile and I’ve listed the medications that we take and then I can register to receive drug safety or interaction alerts to, ultimately, help reduce the dangerous side effects and so that I don’t mix things that could potentially kill one of us.  While that sounds funny, it’s not really, especially when the tools are there to prevent that.

In addition, MedNotes will send me new drug and specific condition news released by the FDA or drug companies related to the medications that we take.

MedNotes is a product of Drugs.com, the largest and most comprehensive online drug information source.

If you manage alot of medications for yourself or your family, I highly recommend checking it out and getting signed up today.

Until next time…

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