Non-prescription medicine, natural remedies and dietary supplements

The word medicine covers not only medication by prescription, but also non-prescription medicine and natural remedies. They are a part of your overall medicine list. You must also remember that if you are taking dietary supplements, they are also a part of your medicine list. You should always inform your doctor and pharmacist of all the medicine, which you are taking when you are to have new medicine by prescription or want to purchase non-prescription medicine, natural remedies or dietary supplements. Non-prescription medicine and natural remedies and dietary supplements may have an influence on the medicine which you receive by prescription or blur important symptoms of an illness. In addition, they may result in adverse reactions. If you are taking non-prescription medicine, natural remedies and dietary supplements over a long period of time, you should speak with your doctor about this. Non-prescription medicine and natural remedies are approved by the Danish Medicines Agency. In the patient information sheet, you can read about the precautions and adverse reactions that may come about by taking them. Dietary supplements that are considered a supplement to the diet are approved by the Food Administration. On the packaging, you can read about how much you can take. There is not as much knowledge of the effects, adverse reactions and precautions for natural remedies and dietary supplements as there is for non-prescription medicine and medicine by prescription. Regardless of whether you use non-prescription medicine, natural remedies or dietary supplements, you should take what is stated on the patient information sheet or on the packaging. When your doctor or other healthcare professionals ask you whether you are taking any kind of medicine, you must always tell about all the kinds of medicine which you are taking: prescription, non-prescription medicine and natural remedies, and tell also if you are taking dietary supplements. If you have questions about non-prescription medicine, natural remedies or dietary supplements, you can ask your doctor or pharmacist.