It is essential to obtain full details of all the drugs and medications taken by the patient. Not infrequently patients forget to mention, or forget the name of drugs they take. Some may be over-the-counter remedies unknown to the general practitioner. The significance of others, such as herbal remedies or laxatives, may not be appreciated by the patient. 

It is necessary to determine the precise identity of the drug the dose used, the frequency of administration and the patient's compliance or lack of it. 

It is important to ask about known drug allergies or suspected drug reactions and to record the information on the front of the notes to be obvious to any doctor seeing the patient. Failure to ask the question or to record the answer properly may be lethal.

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