Category list : Adherence compliance and concordance
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Recovering heart attack patients fail to adhere to prescribed medications Subscription
Some patients who survive a heart attack fail to take the drugs they are prescribed after being discharged from hospital, a large US study has found.
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Consider patients’ biopsychosocial factors Subscription
In your interview with deputy chief pharmaceutical officer Bruce Warner (The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:420), you mention that: “A Cochrane review found that current methods to improve adherence to medicines are not effective and concluded that it is uncertain how adherence to medication can be consistently improved.”
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Pharmacist-led monitoring improves adherence to dabigatran Subscription
Adherence to the oral anticoagulant dabigatran varies substantially among clinics and is higher at sites with pharmacist-led monitoring and appropriate patient selection, a US study has found.
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Holistic service from community pharmacists can reduce fall risk and improve patients’ quality of life Subscription
A holistic, community pharmacy-based medicines review service directed at older patients taking four or more medicines can improve quality of life, medicines adherence and reduce the risk of falls, suggests new research.
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One in ten patients modify their medication to overcome swallowing difficulties Subscription
In a survey of customers at five community pharmacies in Australia, 10.6% of respondents admitted to modifying their medication.
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Study reveals high levels of non-adherence to acne treatments Subscription
A survey reveals that patients prescribed treatments for acne do not always adhere to their prescribed medicines.
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Researchers survey the psychological factors of medication adherence Subscription
Four out of ten people would be willing to accept some degree of risk of immediate death rather than having to take a daily pill to prevent cardiovascular disease.
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Adherence to diabetes treatments falls after a cancer diagnosis Subscription
Adherence to glucose lowering therapies in diabetes patients falls following a cancer diagnosis.
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Study sheds light on factors affecting adherence in patients with diabetes Subscription
Patients with type 2 diabetes are more likely to take their medicines as prescribed if they are male, have a degree and earn more than US$60,000 a year.
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2014: The Pharmaceutical Journal's news in review Subscription
Looking back at some of the biggest news stories from the past year.
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