Make sure that all of your doctors know about every medicines you are taking. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, and dietary supplements like vitamins. At least once a year, bring all of your medicines and supplements with you to your doctor.

Make sure your doctor knows about any allergies and adverse reactions you have had to medicines to help you avoid getting a medicine that can harm you.

Make sure that all doctors or health professionals involved in your care have important health information about you. It is wrong to assume that everyone knows everything they need to know.

Always remember Doctors treat according to symptoms told by the patient. It is difficult for the Doctor to treat a disease unless all the symtoms are cleared by the patient. It is wrong to hide anything from the doctors, it might lead to wrong treatment.

Ask for the information of your medicines prescribed and when you receive them make sure you have a legal bill from the pharmacy which includes the medicine expiry date and the Batch number.

Make sure you understand from the Pharmacist the perfect dose of each medicines prescribed by you. Overdose of any medicines might harm you.

Having good relationship and regular visit to your doctor is very important specially when you are on medication. Actually its the doctors who can motivate you to keep taking them in the first place.

There may be many drugs which are not to be used for a long time. Its very important to visit your doctor as he/she can review which drugs you should continue or which drugs should be stopped.


MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NEVER SKIP

Short term Prescriptions : Antibiotics ( Patients normally stop before the course ends for antibiotics as they feel better and assume they are cured. But the actual fact is not the same. Its the battle of which they fight against the bacteria and normally wins over them as the doses are consumed, BUT THE BATTLE IS NOT OVER. Not finishing the course means that the bacteria can become resistant to the antibiotic and the infection can come back any moment.

Iron Supplements : These drugs are prescribed to treat Anaemia don’t ever stop taking them even though you feel better as the IRON level in your blood can fall anytime below.

NSAIDS : Non – steroidal anti inflammatory drugs are prescribed for pain and inflammation, sudden stop of taking those drugs might cause a pain relief but the inflammation may not be under control.

LONG TERM PRESCRIPTIONS :

Asthma Medications
Statins.
Blood Pressure Medicines.

Following are the Fighting Foods which prevents Cancer:

Whole grain.
Fruit & Vegetable.
Vitamin D.
Good Fats – Mega 3 fats, Oily fish / Olive oil.
Beans and Pulses.

Food to avoid :

Red Meat.
Alcohol.
Sugar Carbohydrates.
Bad Fat.
Fried items.