In order to facilitate the access to essential information on the proper use of medicines, Dutch pharmacists are proposing a list of icons highlighting key instructions for use.
Those pictogrammes feature basic instructions related to the way a medicine should be taken or stored, or to the effect it has on the patient: e.g. medicine to be taken once needed, once/twice/3 times a day, while eating, on an empty stomach, interacts with other medicines, reduces your reaction capacity, lowers your blood pressures, reduces anxiety, to be stored in the fridge, etc.
