Herxheimer A, Davies C
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Patients may receive information about their medicine from the prescriber, the pharmacist and the manufacturer (in a package insert). If it is to be used effectively, all this information must be integrated: the different sources should complement, and not seem to contradict one another. Prescribers and pharmacists should therefore have at hand the text of any package inserts that patients will receive with prescribed medicines. In addition, doctors might be helped by an aide-mémoire, reminding them about the information which a patient needs to have about a medicine. Methods for improving patients' use of such information are also summarized.
患者可以从开处方者、药剂师以及药品生产商（通过药品说明书）处获取有关其药物的信息。若要有效使用药物，所有这些信息必须整合起来：不同来源应相互补充，而非相互矛盾。因此，开处方者和药剂师应随时掌握患者所开处方药随附的任何药品说明书文本。此外，医生可能会受益于一份备忘录，提醒他们患者需要了解的有关某种药物的信息。文中还总结了提高患者使用此类信息的方法。
