You shouldn't be told you're completely irresponsible and be left alone with too much medication. It's too easy to forget. You take a couple of sleeping pills and you wake up in twenty minutes and forget you've taken them. So you take a couple more, and the next thing you know you've taken too many.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Over‑medication can happen easily when you forget how much you’ve taken, leading to dangerous excess.
- In plain terms
- Taking more pills because you forget the first dose can be risky.
- What can you take from it?
- Track medication carefully to avoid accidental overdose.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you keep track of medicines?
- What safeguards can you add?
Another view
Even prescribed drugs can be harmful if misused.
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