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As prescription pharmaceutical use continues to increase, managing multiple medications has become a problem for many patients. 

"The numbers really are staggering," said Albert Wu, professor at the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, in the 

Wu will join The Daily Circuit Wednesday to discuss managing multiple medications. Labels of prescription containers are a big part of the problem, he said.

"Those are two very important square inches," Wu said 

. "The physician can make the right diagnosis, choose the appropriate medication for the patient, get the appropriate prescription dispensed and have it go completely to waste, since the patient doesn't know clearly what to do with it because what is present on the current labels may not be understandable to them." 


Science and medical journalist Greg Critser will also join the discussion.


"The Food and Drug Administration should use its powers to control labeling -- which ads essentially are -- to slow down such blitz campaigns and so attend to the 'societal interest,'" Critser 

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As prescription pharmaceutical use continues to increase, managing multiple medications has become a problem for many patients. How can patients safely manage their prescriptions?

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