Guides for families keeping track of a parent's medicines

Practical, plain-English explainers — written by our care team, reviewed before anything goes up. Nothing here is medical advice; always check anything specific with your parent's doctor or pharmacist.

• Prescription abbreviations, decoded

  OD, BD, TDS, HS, SOS and the rest of the shorthand doctors write on an Indian prescription — what each one means in plain English, nothing more.

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• Managing a parent's medicines from abroad

  What to set up before you fly home, how to share the load with siblings, and the questions worth asking at your parent's next doctor's visit — for adult children managing care from another country.

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