Adverse reactions to prescription medicines are now a leading cause of death in America. If you are one of the millions who take at least one prescription drug regularly how can you stay safeampamp160Though powerful treatments medicines are unpredictable because they dont work the same in everyone just as chocolate has a different effect on your pet than it does on you. Why Dogs Canampamp8217t Eat Chocolate How Medicines Work and How YOU Can Take Them Safely bridges the gap between what doctors may assume you know about your medicines and what you actually understand about how to take them safely.ampamp160Pharmacist and awardwinning medical educator Louise Achey has been translating complex and confusing concepts about how medicine works for thirtyfour years.