Patient education requires reliable and authoritative information written at an appropriate comprehension level. For medications, this criteria is met by Lexicomp Online. As a healthcare provider you may have used Lexicomp Online without even knowing there’s a Patient Education option (below the search box). You can print out fact sheets in multiple languages* in fonts up to 16 point from this module.

Fact sheets are available for adult and pediatric medications. The patient education fact sheet includes information about why the drug has been prescribed, possible side effects, conditions to monitor, safety measures to follow, missed doses, how the medication works and how long it takes, and when to call the healthcare provider.

You can also print out an English version of foreign language fact sheets to enable easier discussion of the fact sheet with the patient.

*Arabic, Chinese, Creole, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, and Vietnamese.