Drugs and Medicines: Using Them Safely

Duration: 10

Genre: Educational | Social problem | Youth

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Moreland-Latchford Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Explains the difference between nonprescription and prescription drugs and emphasizes their careful use by following label directions, using only one's own medicine, and storing drugs away from small children. Shows that nonprescription drugs are found on open shelves and that their labels will specify the illness for which they are intended, recommended dosage, and how often the drug should be taken. Centers on a young girl who receives a written prescription after a careful examination by her doctor and takes it to the pharmacist, who carefully prepares and labels the drug.

Complete Record: Explains the difference between nonprescription and prescription drugs and emphasizes their careful use by following label directions, using only one's own medicine, and storing drugs away from small children. Shows that nonprescription drugs are found on open shelves and that their labels will specify the illness for which they are intended, recommended dosage, and how often the drug should be taken. Centers on a young girl who receives a written prescription after a careful examination by her doctor and takes it to the pharmacist, who carefully prepares and labels the drug., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.