Know about your medication and treatment

Your Medication

  • The name of the medication you take.
  • Why you take the medication.
  • The exact dosage that you need to take.
  • Specific rules or instructions for the medication (for example, any particular storage instructions)
  • Any side effects from the medication.
  • The effects that could occur by mixing your medication with other medicine, drugs or alcohol.
  • Which chemist you use.
  • Which doctor/consultant prescribed the medication for you.

Your Tests or Treatments

  • What medical tests have you had?.
  • What are the tests for?
  • How often do you need to have the tests?
  • Who carries out the tests?

Your Medical History

  • What surgeries/procedures, if any, have you had?
  • When and where did the surgeries/procedures take place?
  • Who carried out the surgeries/procedures?
  • Have you had any allergic or adverse reaction to any medication/treatment?

If you need to ask advice about your medication and/or medical tests or treatments, speak to your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care professionals who will be more than happy to give you the information you need.

Know about your medication and treatment

Your Medication

  • The name of the medication you take.
  • Why you take the medication.
  • The exact dosage that you need to take.
  • Specific rules or instructions for the medication (for example, any particular storage instructions)
  • Any side effects from the medication.
  • The effects that could occur by mixing your medication with other medicine, drugs or alcohol.
  • Which chemist you use.
  • Which doctor/consultant prescribed the medication for you.

Your Tests or Treatments

  • What medical tests have you had?.
  • What are the tests for?
  • How often do you need to have the tests?
  • Who carries out the tests?

Your Medical History

  • What surgeries/procedures, if any, have you had?
  • When and where did the surgeries/procedures take place?
  • Who carried out the surgeries/procedures?
  • Have you had any allergic or adverse reaction to any medication/treatment?

If you need to ask advice about your medication and/or medical tests or treatments, speak to your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care professionals who will be more than happy to give you the information you need.

The Transition Steps…

Reading the material on this website and listening to or reading the ‘transition stories’ will help prepare you for transition.

In this way, you will gain more information and confidence that will support you through the process. The important thing is that you will see that you are not alone. Your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care team are there to support you and help you to manage the move to adult services. There is no single transition process or programme in Ireland but it is helpful to think of the process as including the following three stages:

Thinking about transition
Planning your transition
Making the transition

Reading the material on this website and listening to or reading the ‘transition stories’ will help prepare you in some way for transition.

In this way, you will gain more information and confidence that will support you through the process. The important thing is that you will see that you are not alone.

Your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care team are there to support you and help you to manage the move to adult services. There is no single transition process or programme in Ireland but it is helpful to think of the process as including the following three stages:

Thinking about transition
Planning your transition
Making the transition