Medicines

Front

Medicine that is ordered by a doctor is called ______________

Back

Rx

Front

A drug allergy is the abnormal ____________________ of your immune system to a medication

Back

reaction

Front

Using too much of a medicine or taking it for the wrong reasons.

Back

misuse

Front

Use of a medicine that causes problems for a person physically, mentally or socially.

Back

abuse

Front

Medicine that can be bought without a doctors permission.

Back

OTC

Front

Needing to take more of a drug / medicine to get the desired effect.

Back

tolerance

Front

Drugs used to treat bacterial infections.

Back

Antibiotics

Front

This contains the directions, ingredients, side effects etc. on a container of medicine.

Back

Label

Front

A reaction to a medicine other than the one intended (want to happen).

Back

Side effects

Front

Drugs that are injected will go immediately into the _________

Back

bloodstream