Prescription labels

It is very important for everyone to understand the information found of a drug label, especially healthcare individuals.

Pick five of the drugs from the Top 200 list (from the Physician’s Desk Reference, http://www.pdr.net, and make medication/prescription labels for each of them. You can use or modify the attached template as a starting point or create your own prescription label.

The label should include the following:

• Drug Name
• Strength of Drug
• Instructions on how and when to take this drug
• Physical description of the drug
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
• Required Federal Caution Statement
• Drug Side Effects/Warnings

You can use fictional information for the following:

• Pharmacy Name & Address
• Pharmacy Phone
• Patient name and address
• Number used by Pharmacy to identify your prescription number (RX number)
• Number of times you can refill the drug
• Number of pills in the bottle
• Date the drug was filled by the pharmacy
• Doctor’s Name 
• Discard/expiration date of the drug