"Informed consumers represent our Nation's greatest public health asset, because the choices that people make every day can have a great impact on their own health and the health of the nation. Providing consumers with all the tools they need to make better-informed choices about how to use their health care dollars, and protecting them from misleading information that wastes their money and effort, is of utmost importance to the agency."  Food and Drug Administration: Strategic Plan

Responsible self-care is not natural, it's learned. Through Consumer Tips, we offer important information on "the how" of responsible self-care.

Consumer Tips draws from our professional experience with consumer-centered self-care, and that of others, such as the Food and drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Consumer Product Safety Commission among others. We offer attribution to the source, as appropriate in these Consumer Tips.

Is Your Medicine in the News? (Consumer Fact Sheet)

Generic Drugs - High Quality, Low Cost (Consumer Fact Sheet)

Lower Your Drug Costs! (Consumer Fact Sheet)

Antibiotics – A National Treasure (Consumer Fact Sheet)

How to Manage Your Medicines

Read the Medicine Label, It's Important

What About Generic Drugs?

What About Buying Medicines On-line?

Protect Yourself Against Tampering

Lock Up Poisons and Medicines to Prevent Tragedy