Promoting Your Patients' Proper Use of TYLENOL® Products
You play an important role in recommending OTC medicines and advocating their proper use. The free patient education materials described below can support your efforts to teach patients how to use TYLENOL® products appropriately. (Click here to order tools)
Specifically, these tools convey the importance of:
- Identifying the active ingredient in TYLENOL® (acetaminophen) products
- Reading the package label and following the dosing instructions
- NOT taking more than the recommended dose
- NOT using 2 products containing acetaminophen during the same period of time
- Understanding that all medications have risks, particularly when more than the recommended dose is taken
Tools for Proper Use
These tools, available through this Web site, reinforce your dosing recommendations and promote patients' proper use of TYLENOL® products:
Proper Use Tips: Patient take-home sheet includes a list of commonly used acetaminophen-containing products.
How to Read Our Label: Laminated card for office use shows patients what to look for on OTC packaging.
Over-the-Counter Drug Reference Poster: This poster was developed to assist your discussion of over-the-counter analgesics and a patient's understanding of how to properly use acetaminophen.
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