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TalkBeforeYouTake.org gives you the tools you need to achieve better communication with your healthcare providers during your doctor or pharmacy visits.

 

The Patient Brochure (English) (Spanish) and 10 Questions to Ask About the Medicines news article and Poster (English) (Spanish) are designed to help you ask the right questions so you can gain a better understanding of the benefits and potential risks of prescribed medications.

NEW! Ten Questions to Ask About the Medicines

(download news article PDF)

Talk Before You Take 8.5 x 11 Poster

(download English PDF)

 

NEW! Habla Antes de Tomarlas 
8.5 x 11 Poster

(download Spanish PDF)

 

National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE)

 

200-A Monroe St. Suite 212

Rockville, MD 20850-4448

Phone: (301) 340-3940

Fax: (301) 340-3944

 

Email: [email protected]

 

Websites:

talkaboutrx.org

TalkBeforeYouTake.org

 

NCPIE encourages healthcare professionals and community groups to foster patient-professional communication about medicines.  However, NCPIE does not supervise or endorse the activities of any group or professional.  Discussion and action concerning medicines are solely the responsibility of the patient and their healthcare professionals, and not NCPIE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NCPIE wishes to acknowledge that this work was supported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research under grant number 5U18FD004653. The content is solely the responsibility of NCPIE and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Food and Drug Administration.