Warning Labels

Question 1

Label 1: Warning: This medicine may make you sleepy

Answer 1

Children’s preparations containing anti-histamines

Question 2

Label 2: Warning: This medicine may make you sleepy. If this happens, do not drive or use tools or machines. Do not drink alcohol

Answer 2

Adult preparations causing drowsiness, sedative effective is enhanced by alcohol

Question 3

Label 3: Warning: This medicine may make you sleepy. If this happens, do not drive or use tools or machines

Answer 3

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors

Question 4

Label 4:

Warning: Do not drink alcohol

Answer 4

Metronidazole

Patients should be advised not to drink alcohol for as long as they are receiving/using a course of medication, and in some cases for a period of time after the course is finished.

Question 5

Label 5: Do not take indigestion remedies 2 hours before or after you take this medicine

Answer 5

Enteric coated tablets

Gabapentin

Question 6

Label 6: Do not take indigestion remedies, or medicines containing iron or zinc, 2 hours before or after you take this medicine

Answer 6

quinolones, doxycycline, lymecycline, minocycline, and penicillamine

Question 7

Label 7: Do not take milk, indigestion remedies, or medicines containing iron or zinc, 2 hours before or after you take this medicine

Answer 7

ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, or tetracyclines

Question 8

Label 8: Warning: Do not stop taking this medicine unless your doctor tells you to stop

Answer 8

Anti-TB drugs

Drugs with withdrawal symptoms- clonidine

Question 9

Label 9: Space the doses evenly throughout the day. Keep taking this medicine until the course is finished, unless you are told to stop

Answer 9

Oral antimicrobials- clindamycin

Question 10

Label 10: Warning: Read the additional information given with this medicine

Answer 10

anticoagulants, lithium, and oral corticosteroids

Question 11

Label 11: Protect your skin from sunlight—even on a bright but cloudy day. Do not use sunbeds

Answer 11

Tretinoin, amiodarone

Question 12

Label 12: Do not take anything containing aspirin while taking this medicine

Answer 12

sulfinpyrazone

Question 13

Label 13: Dissolve or mix with water before taking

Answer 13

soluble tablets or powders/granules

Question 14

Label 14: This medicine may colour your urine. This is harmless

Answer 14

triamterene (blue under some lights), levodopa (dark reddish), and rifampicin (red).

Question 15

Label 15: Caution: flammable. Keep your body away from fire or flames after you have put on the medicine

Answer 15

Coal tar with zinc oxide
emollient creams
benzoin tincture
salicylic acid with lactic acid
hydrocortisone butyrate 
white soft paraffin
clobetasol propionate
chlorhexidine

Question 16

Label 16: Dissolve the tablet under your tongue—do not swallow. Store the tablets in this bottle with the cap tightly closed. Get a new supply 8 weeks after opening

Answer 16

GTN

Question 17

Label 17: Do not take more than . . . in 24 hours

Answer 17

preparations for the treatment of acute migraine

preparations with no dose present

Question 18

Label 18: Do not take more than . . . in 24 hours. Also, do not take more than . . . in any one week

Answer 18

ergotamine

Question 19

Label 19: Warning: This medicine makes you sleepy. If you still feel sleepy the next day, do not drive or use tools or machines. Do not drink alcohol

Answer 19

hypnotics

Question 20

Label 21: Take with or just after food, or a meal

Answer 20

To be used on preparations that are liable to cause gastric irritation, or those that are better absorbed with food.

ribavirin, cobicistat, tretinoin, tenofovir, proguanil,

Question 21

Label 22: Take 30 to 60 minutes before food

Answer 21

Domperidone

Question 22

Label 23: Take this medicine when your stomach is empty. This means an hour before food or 2 hours after food

Answer 22

Oral antibacterials

Question 23

Label 24: Suck or chew this medicine

Answer 23

cholecalciferol

Question 24

Label 25: Swallow this medicine whole. Do not chew or crush

Answer 24

To be used on preparations that are enteric-coated or designed for modified-release.

Also to be used on preparations that taste very unpleasant or may damage the mouth if not swallowed whole.

Question 25

Label 26: Dissolve this medicine under your tongue

Answer 25

Sublingual medicine- nicotine

Question 26

Label 27: Take with a full glass of water

Answer 26

To be used on preparations that should be well diluted (e.g. chloral hydrate), where a high fluid intake is required (e.g. sulfonamides), or where water is required to aid the action (e.g. methylcellulose). The patient should be advised that ‘a full glass’ means at least 150 mL. In most cases fruit juice, tea, or coffee may be used.

Question 27

Label 28: Spread thinly on the affected skin only

Answer 27

To be used on external preparations that should be applied sparingly (e.g. corticosteroids, dithranol).

Question 28

Label 29: Do not take more than 2 at any one time. Do not take more than 8 in 24 hours

Answer 28

Paracetamol tablets

Question 29

Label 30: Contains paracetamol. Do not take anything else containing paracetamol while taking this medicine. Talk to a doctor at once if you take too much of this medicine, even if you feel well

Answer 29

Paracetamol

Question 30

Label 31: Contains aspirin. Do not take anything else containing aspirin while taking this medicine

Answer 30

To be used on containers of dispensed preparations containing aspirin when the name on the label does not include the word ‘aspirin’.