VISIT PREPARATION GUIDE
Prepare for a Medication Review
Prepare a complete private medication and supplement list, refill context and medication questions before a medication review appointment.
Who this guide is for
- Patients reviewing current medications with a healthcare professional.
- Caregivers helping maintain an accurate medication list.
What this guide can help with
- Organizing a complete medication and supplement inventory.
- Listing refill, dose and medication-use questions.
- Preparing pharmacy details that may be requested.
What this guide does not do
- Telling you to stop, start or change medications.
- Providing diagnosis or treatment recommendations.
- Replacing medication advice from your physician or pharmacist.
Quick preparation summary
- Bring a complete list of all products you take or recently stopped.
- Prepare pharmacy details and refill context.
- Use this guide to organize discussion points, not to change medications yourself.
Before the visit
- Collect prescriptions, non-prescription medications, vitamins and supplements.
- Include creams, inhalers, injections and drops.
- List recently stopped medications and recent medication changes.
- Record refill status and questions to discuss.
- Prepare pharmacy name, location and phone details.
Information to organize
- Medication name.
- Dose when known.
- How it is taken.
- Question or concern to discuss.
- Recently stopped or changed products.
- Preferred pharmacy details.
Questions to consider
- Have any medications changed since my last visit?
- What information is still needed to review my medications?
- Are any tests or referrals being considered?
- When should follow-up occur?
- How will I receive results or updates?
During the visit
- Share your full medication list early.
- Confirm which medications were reviewed.
- Ask how follow-up communication will occur.
Before you leave
- Confirm the current medication plan.
- Confirm any tests or follow-up steps.
- Confirm which clinic channel to use if questions remain.
After the visit
- Update your private medication list.
- Keep written instructions accessible.
- Contact your clinic, physician or pharmacist if instructions are unclear.
PRIVATE CHECKLIST
Medication Review Private Checklist
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Related health resources
Sources and review information
- Editorial owner
- ProfileMD.ca Patient Content
- Clinical reviewer
- ProfileMD Clinical Review - Family Medicine
- Published
- July 11, 2026
- Last reviewed
- July 11, 2026
- Next review
- January 11, 2027
Sources
- ProfileMD.ca Prepare My Visit hub
Medication, pharmacy and allergy preparation topics migrated and rewritten for ProfileMD.ca.
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Clinical review and public publication requirements for physician-adjacent content.
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