Throughout the process of my medication reconciliation, I got a better idea of how truly critical it is to know each medication and the safety concerns that arise with them and when they mix. Some safety concerns that stood out to me is Aspirin can cause bleeding, and medications like Metoprolol and Tamsulosin can affect the patient’s blood pressure. A decrease in blood pressure and a risk of bleeding are reasons to be concerned. Medications like Aspirin and Cod Liver Oil should be taken with meals to prevent unpleasant GI complications. Other medications like Melatonin and Simvastatin need to be taken at night because drowsiness can occur. Drowsiness also occurs when taking the first dose of Tamsulosin or needing to change a dose, so that’s another concern. Also, a big concern is when taking Simvastatin, it is important to eliminate alcohol and grapefruit from your diet. When taking Aspirin it is good to be mindful of the patient’s age and when taking Tamsulosin the patient’s ophthalmologist should be knowledgeable of this medication use. Both age and medication use in conjunction with the patient having multiple providers can be a reason for concern. The patient understands why they’re on each medication. This is important, because the patient needs to take some of their prescribed medications, for example, to help with their angina, or cholesterol levels, and it’s important they’re routinely taking those medications as prescribed or else their symptoms could get worse. My patient didn’t have two medications that did a similar thing, but my patient was on two medications, Aspirin and Cod Liver Oil, that in conjunction can work to prevent blood from clotting. There were no serious medication interactions that the patient hadn’t been aware of. The patient was aware of why they took their medications and the patient knows how to take these medications properly. The process of this medication reconciliation taught myself a lot of importance and safety concerns that I informed my patient of.