If you live with an elderly parent, someone who is chronically ill, or have a medical condition of your own, keep a list of their/your medications handy at all times.  Dear hubby is on so many medications for his MS that I keep a list on my computer so I can print it out right before a doctor’s appointment.  If we had to sit there and write them all down, it would take an hour so under ‘list medications’ we always put see attached.  I also keep a print out in my purse, another taped inside a kitchen cupboard door, and one in each car.

     The one inside the cupboard is in case of emergency—say needing EMS, then I can hand them the list of medications as soon as they come through the door.  I keep his medication list updated monthly or as prescriptions change.

     On more than one occasion, having a print out has saved us from forgetting some important medication that a doctor needs to know he takes.  The last thing you want to do is forget to tell them about one.  With our luck, that one interacts with whatever they decide to prescribe.