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Letter to the Editor: Prescriptions/over-the-counter meds should include larger print instructions

A letter to the editor from Elizabeth Dusomme
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My letter is for all the people in Canada who have the virus and are on medication and on their death beds and live to tell their tales [after recovery].

Now the majority of Canadians [I think] are seniors and take meds. There is usually [some information] given with the prescriptions, a spiel about what to take and when…

Now, listen-up you printers of this information! The print of the words on these pages is so small that I and other seniors have trouble reading it all on long sheets of paper and making sense of it all; it confuses us old “fogies”.  

Do you get it, guys?  

Furthermore, doctors can explain to their patients what to take and so on but those seniors who still live alone and have senior moments and screw things up [written in the small print] are likely to be flirting with the grim reaper.

But please, everyone out there, even all the younger people who also flirt with not wearing their masks and don’t pay attention and get sick for what ails them and need meds, they are also flirting with small printouts and long drawn-out spiels.  

That also goes for all in business in Canada. Pay Attention!  

Please keep it simple and in large print letters on over the counter drugs at the pharmacy and everyone will bless all printers!
 
-- Elizabeth Dusomme 

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.  

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