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Table 2 Patient reported methods of organizing medication information

From: How do I keep myself safe? Patient perspectives on including reason for use information on prescriptions and medication labels: a qualitative thematic analysis

Ways of organizing medication-related information

 A notebook with all medical-related information

 A list of medications (mentioned by a majority of patients)

  One patient mentioned keeping it in their first-aid box

  Another, in triplicate, one with them, two at home

 Keeping the medication bottles in one place

 Remembering it (mentioned by a smaller number of patients)