YOUR ROLE: WHAT YOU CAN DO TO GET MORE OUT OF YOUR CARE AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR DOCTOR (GETTING INFORMATION)
It's especially important to get information from all of your health care providers because sometimes their care for you can conflict. For example, if you see more than one physician, you may be prescribed multiple medications with troublesome interactions. If you don't have a clear idea of everything you're taking and why, you can't inform each practitioner of the other's actions. Ideally, your overall care should be orchestrated by one central physician—but this isn't always the case. Older women in particular may be vulnerable to the cumulative effects of several medications. In fact, some alleged dementia is nothing more than overmedication. Get all the information about your care, and keep it on paper so that each new provider will have the needed information about your condition and its management to this point.
A generic drug is made with the same active ingredients and is available in thesame strength and dosage form as the equivalent brand-name product. Generic drugs produce the same effects in the body as the brand-name drugs, because both contain the identical active ingredients...
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