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Pharmacist Shares How to Responsibly Take Prescription Drugs and What to Watch Out For

Prescription drugs can cause side effects or adverse reactions—understanding how they interact with other drugs, foods, and nutritional supplements is valuable.
Pharmacist Shares How to Responsibly Take Prescription Drugs and What to Watch Out For
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Amber Yang
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In today’s world, as we age, we may come across illnesses and conditions that affect the quality of our lives. Many middle-aged and elderly people suffer from one, two, or more chronic diseases and therefore are prescribed a variety of drugs on a sometimes continual basis. However, there can be adverse effects when taking more than one drug, between drugs and nutritional supplements, and drugs and certain foods.

Ms. Chen Jialing, deputy director of the Pharmacy Department of Guo General Hospital in Taiwan, shared with us her medication recommendations for chronic diseases on the Epoch Times’ “Health 1+1” program and clarified certain misunderstandings about medication common among the elderly and others.

Amber Yang
Amber Yang
Amber Yang is a certified personal trainer. She met all the requirements of the American Council on Exercise to develop and implement personalized exercise programs. She worked as a marketing manager for natural skin care products for years and as a health and beauty reporter and editor for ten years. She is also the host and producer of the YouTube programs "Amber Running Green" and "Amber Health Interview."
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