Taking Your Medicine
• Take your medicine as ordered. Some heart medications need to be taken on an
empty stomach, or with food, or at specific times of the day. Check with your
pharmacist when filling your prescriptions.
• If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible unless it is time for your next
dose. Do not double the next dose.
• If you miss two or more doses, call your doctor or pharmacist or refer to a
product information sheet for advice on what to do.
• Check with your doctor before stopping any medicine.
• Make sure you have enough medicine to get you through holidays or when
traveling.
• Make certain you have enough refills of your medicine so you don’t run out.
• Some of your medicine may have the letters SR, CR, CD, XL, or XR after the
brand name. This means that the medicine is a time-released tablet or capsule.
Do not crush or chew these medicines.
• You may need to break your tablet to ensure the correct dose. If that is the
case, your doctor or pharmacist will instruct you. If you have any questions
about whether you can safely break a tablet, call your pharmacist.
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