Health Help: Managing Your Medications

Raise your health information awareness of managing your medications more effectively and safely

Help raise your health information awareness!

Join us at Ryde Library for our free information session on managing your medications. Medicine management is the clinical, cost-effective and safe use of medicines to ensure patients get the maximum benefit from the medicines they need, while at the same time minimising potential harm.

Managing Your Medication sessions are delivered in partnership with a Consultant Pharmacist. During the session the speakers will cover the information below:

• Importance of medicines
• Types of medicines
• Consumer Medicine Information sheet
• Home Medicine Review
• Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) program
• Generic vs Brand medicines
• Importance of a medicine record
• GP Management Plan.

The Health Promotion Service for Older People (HPSOP) from the Comined Pensioners and Superanuants Association (CPSA) is a community-based health education program which provides free health education sessions to seniors in NSW. Established in 1991, HPSOP is funded by NSW Health through the Western Sydney Local Health District.