GENERAL SESSION: “The Chamber of Secrets” : What’s In Your Patient’s Medicine Cabinet? Patient Self-Medication and Considerations for the Dental Hygienist
(Room Texas D)
02 Aug 19
8:00 AM
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10:00 AM
Armed with limited, and often biased, information and faced with rising prescription drug costs, our patients continue to self-medicate with a variety of prescription and non-prescription drug products. Many patients add or substitute prescription and non-prescription drug products in their medication regimen, unaware of potentially serious adverse outcomes and often without mention during a review of their medical history. This program will provide participants with an overview of the dental hygiene considerations of the most popular prescription and non-prescription drugs and supplements which our patients use to self-medicate. Using case scenarios, special emphasis will be given to techniques useful in successfully identifying self-medication and obtaining a complete patient medication history.