Medication Compliance

Forgetting Pills!

OMG! Did I miss my pills again?

[image_frame style=”framed” align=”center” alt=”Forgetting pills” title=”Forgot to take my pills!” height=”300″]http://medicaapp.com/irwpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/forget_pills.jpg[/image_frame] Forgetting to take medications is a serious problem especially among seniors. Results of a recent healthcare survey showed that half of the surveyed sample stated that they usually don’t take prescribed medications on time. And a third of those who remember to take their …

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Complex Medication Regimens

Problems of adherence to complex medical regimen are spread among individuals with chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and HIV. And because the risk of more health problems can be reduced by good adherence habits, patient’s non-adherence to treatment prescriptions is quintessential for health care professionals. That’s why adherence became an issue of intensive research by …

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Medication Compliance

Numbers Talk Medication compliance refers to the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed by doctors or therapists. Millions of patients in the U.S. are facing problems about how to take their medications exactly as prescribed. Studies show that up to half of all Americans don’t!! According to recent estimates, that could be costing …

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