It's Med Safety Week.
While medicines are generally safe and effective, side effects can happen.
Medsafe monitors the safety of medicines to help protect patients from harm.
Watch the video to learn what to do if you experience side effects from your medication.
Help us make medicines safer for everyone by reporting any side effects to the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM):
Learn How to Report side effects
When you report a suspected side effect, we learn more about the safety of the medicine.