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Review Medications with Your Doctor or Pharmacist: 5 Tips for Falls Prevention Success

Taking more than one medication, whether a prescription or over-the-counter, can end up raising your risk for falling. That's one reason it's important to regularly talk about what medications you're taking with your doctor or pharmacist. Or both!

View and share this tipsheet on 5 things to remember when reviewing your medications.

In addition to speaking with your doctor or pharmacist, there are also many evidence-based falls prevention programs that provide the structure and resources needed to equip older adults to remain falls free.

Learn more about the evidence-based falls prevention programs  that are proven to help older adults stay active and reduce their risk of falling.

 

This project was supported, in part by grant number 90FPSG0051 from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.

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