Medication: It’s your choice. It’s your right.

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Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN)Jul 2022

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Medications can help us live comfortably, stay safe, and live longer lives. But some medicines can come with side effects or not work as well as we’d like them to, and it is an older person’s right to ask for and receive thorough information about their medication or choose an alternative treatment they feel better meets their needs. This video is available in the following languages: Cantonese Croatian Dutch English French German Greek Italian Macedonian Maltese Mandarin Polish Tagalog Ukrainian Vietnamese

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