Take pictures of your prescriptions for easy, quick and accurate reference.

Senior Tip --use your smartphone to take pictures of  your prescriptions or yourself in Australia. 

I do not take a lot of meds, but the ones I do take have names that are unfamiliar and often unpronounceable to me.  When the doctor asks me what I am taking, I pull out my smartphone, click on my photos and show the doctor a photo of the prescription on the bottle. And I can even enlarge it so I can read the fine print with the disclaimers on the side effects. The bottle that sits on my desk has a line of red print on the bottom of the bottle that must be in 6 point type, TDSFMTR, which translates to -- "to damn small for me to read." I have a number of bottles like that. 

The photos are helpful to read the small print and show the doctor what I am taking. As an example, I just took a photo of my prescription on the front of the bottle on my desk. I enlarged it on my iPhone and it read avoid sunlight and federal law prohibits the transfer of this drug to another patient. I am in Kansas so I have no worry about the sunlight, it has been cloudy for the last few weeks. And with regard to the federal law, I do not even understand what "transfer the drug" means. I guess it means I can not give it to you even if it will save your life, so do not ask.

The pictures enable you to accurately email/text your prescription to someone who might need the correct information right away.