Repeat prescription card--'pink' card.
A prescription card which will prevent duplication of drugs, thus helping to control both polypharmacy and iatrogenic disease, is described. Has the time come to compel all members of the public to carry such a card for presentation every time a patient sees a doctor or pharmacist? Such a scheme could have great merit.
D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011996:Records / Q000592:standards