Health
‘Don’t share your medication’ is the message of this year’s Multicultural Health Week – SBS News
Health literacy and the safe use of medicines is the focus of this year’s health awareness week held to support culturally and linguistically diverse communities in NSW.
Growing up in Bangladesh, Qanita Ahmed often witnessed friends and relatives sharing medications with each other.
She said it was common practice for people in her community to save money by borrowing unused or leftover medicines from others, such as pain relief tablets or antibiotics.
“People think ‘if it works for me then it will work for her or him too’, especially if they find their symptoms are similar,” Ms Ahmed told SBS News.
“There is a myth that even for a cold and the flu, you shoul…
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