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    This document provides a lesson on the proper use of medicine and the dangers of misuse and abuse. It discusses how medicines are meant to help people but can also harm if used improperly. Some examples of misuse include taking more than the recommended dose or using someone else's prescription. Addiction is considered abuse. The potential dangers of misuse/abuse include physical harms like headaches as well as psychological harms like mood swings. The document emphasizes the importance of only using medicine as prescribed and consulting a doctor with any questions.

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    This document provides a lesson on the proper use of medicine and the dangers of misuse and abuse. It discusses how medicines are meant to help people but can also harm if used improperly. Some examples of misuse include taking more than the recommended dose or using someone else's prescription. Addiction is considered abuse. The potential dangers of misuse/abuse include physical harms like headaches as well as psychological harms like mood swings. The document emphasizes the importance of only using medicine as prescribed and consulting a doctor with any questions.

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    Lesson 2 - Medicine Misuse, Abuse, and

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    This document provides a lesson on the proper use of medicine and the dangers of misuse and abuse. It discusses how medicines are meant to help people but can also harm if used improperly. Some examples of misuse include taking more than the recommended dose or using someone else's prescription. Addiction is considered abuse. The potential dangers of misuse/abuse include physical harms like headaches as well as psychological harms like mood swings. The document emphasizes the importance of only using medicine as prescribed and consulting a doctor with any questions.

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    Page 85

    Lesson 2-
    Medicine Misuse,
    Abuse, and
    Potential
    Dangers
    Answer key:

    Bea’s brother had an overdose


    Bea realized that medicines can be
    dangerous if it is misused and abused.
    Medicines are made to help protect and
    prevent people from getting sick. However,
    if you use it in the wrong way, it can also be
    harmful.
    Medicines Is the use of legal drug in
    an improper way.
    Misuse
    Using prescribed medicine in a way that are
    different from the physician instructed, using
    someone else’s prescribed medicine, and taking
    medicines that are not provided by a health care
    professionals are many examples of medicine
    misuse.
    Medicine Is the deliberate use of a
    medicine beyond a doctor’s
    abuse prescription.
    Both prescribed medicines ad OTC can be
    harmful instead if they are misused and
    abused. Some of these risky practices and
    behaviors are:
    1. Self-Medication

    It is when a person chooses


    and uses medicines to treat
    himself or herself because they
    feel symptoms of an illness.
    2. Improper use

    Taking more than the normal


    recommended amount of the
    medicine.
    3. Dependence
    4. Addiction

    Is medicine abuse because a


    person has no control over the
    drug that he or uses.
    Potential Dangers
    Associated with Medicine
    Misuse and Abuse
    Physical harm

     Like headache, shaking, bone pain, dizziness, and etc.


    Psychological harm

    It can make a person easily


    irritable, easily confused,
    have mood swings, etc.
    Once a medicine taken, a
    person cannot control its effects
    on his or her body.
    Answer page 89- A & B
    Project

    Look for newspaper articles about the lesson. After


    cutting and pasting (or printing if it is from the internet)
    it on a short bond paper, then identify which medicine
    misuse, abuse, and its potential dangers were described
    in the article. Then explain what you learned from it
    LESSON 3- Proper
    Use of Medicine
    Page 93
    1. use under adult
    Proper Use of supervision
    Medicine
    2. Read and check the label

    ACTIVE INGREDIENTS INACTIVE


    INGREDIENTS
    3. Consult with a physician
    4. Follow
    instructions
    and medical
    prescription
    5. Check the
    expiration date
    6. Observe proper
    storage
    7. Buy from a
    reliable source
    answer page 98 and 99
    (A&B), and lets apply
    Lesson 1- Making Prints in the
    Philippines
    Doctrina Cristina

     was an early book on the Catholic Catechism, written


    in 1593 by Fray Juan de Plasencia, and is believed to
    be one of the earliest printed books in the Philippines.
    was printed using woodblock printing
    Tomas Pinpin

    known for creating


    woodcuts prints and printed
    seveeal books
    an author of Librong Pag
    aaralan Nang Manga
    tagalog sa uicang Castila
    Estampas printing
    Lithographic printing

    pictures were produce


    faster and our news
    papers had more
    illustrations.
    Academia Dibujo y pintura

    the first art school,


    offered engraving
    classes

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