Preparing for your Hospital Stay
You will be provided with any medications commenced or changed during your hospital stay that need to be continued after you leave hospital.
When you go home, you may receive a small supply of medications that are new and/or to support a change in dose. If you need additional medication you will need to get a prescription from your local GP (doctor).
Please discuss your medications with your care team or pharmacist so you understand why, when and how to take them.
For more information on medications prior to coming into hospital, during your stay and when leaving hospital please see our medications factsheet.
Medicine List
The more medicines you take, the more difficult it can be to remember important information about them. A medicines list can be a useful way to keep all the information about your medicines together.
Learn more about keeping a medicine list
Download and print a medicine list:
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Good Medicine Better Health Program
Quality use of medicines resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Good Medicine Better Health modules and resources were developed by NPS MedicineWise in collaboration with NACCHO, NAATSIHWP and AMSANT. NACCHO is caretaking this program until longer-term support is secured.
Mental Health Services: Choice and Medication©
Mental Health Services: Choice and Medication provides information about medications used in mental health conditions in a variety of forms and languages. It is updated and maintained by health care professionals, and receives no funding from drug companies. The website has information leaflets, handy charts, guides and fact sheets. There is information on drugs in pregnancy as well as translated information.
Other useful medicines information
- Receiving Antibiotics in Hospital (view multilingual resources)
- Managing Side Effects of Opioid Medicines in Hospital (also available in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Greek, Hindi, Korean, Vietnamese)
- Preventing Blood Clots (view multilingual resources)