Oct 21, 2013: Medications are powerful, that’s why they work. Americans spend billions of dollars each year on prescription and over-the-counter medications. If these medications are used incorrectly, the money spent is lost. In fact, the most expensive medications are those that don’t work properly—or cause harm due to misuse. Every year in the U.S., failure to take medications as prescribed causes more than 1.5 million preventable medication-related adverse events and costs the health care system approximately $290 billion. When patients know their pharmacist and feel comfortable seeking the pharmacists’ advice, the likelihood of medication errors occurring decreases substantially.

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The more patients know their pharmacist, the more they will know about their medications