The label on your prescription medication tells you how to take the medicine correctly, as recommended by your healthcare provider for your treatment plan. It’s essential to understand the information on this label. By taking your medication correctly, you will have the best treatment results.
Why is it important to know how to read a prescription medication label?
Taking medications as prescribed by your healthcare provider helps speed recovery from illnesses and manage your diseases. Understanding the parts of a medication label can be difficult. This picture decodes the parts of the prescription label. Learning how to read the label correctly may help reduce the chance of unnecessary visits to the provider’s office, an emergency room, or readmission to the hospital.

