It can help uncover problems they may be having taking their medicines, and it s a good time for asking questions. Years of training have made your pharmacist the health professional best qualified to help you understand the proper use of prescription and nonprescription drugs. More than 200 million prescriptions are written annually for children and teenagers. That s more than 3 prescriptions per child, per year. More than 6 million children have chronic diseases that require medicines.
Many children take their medicines incorrectly even when the disease is serious.
Stopping too soon. Taking too little. Taking too much. Refusing to take the medicine. Each year, up to half of the nearly 2 billion prescriptions taken in the U.S. are used improperly.