Medication Compliance

Compliance – Easy to talk about, but hard to do! o Drug Compliance – definition o Same as compliance with doctor visits, lab draws, device use, BP measurements, BG measurements o Take medications as prescribed by your doctor o The best drug taken for the right reasons is no good, if it is not taken o Education is primary method o History o A problem for decades o No general solution o Unintentional non-adherence o https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6963-12-98 o 62% forgot o 37% ran out of medications o 23% careless about taking medications o Barriers o Why? o Low perceived need o Affordability o Worse self-rated health o Youth o Prescriber/Pharmacists o Cost o Self-reporting o Time to track pill counts o Refill messages o Time for education o Scheduling o 1-2x/day > 3-4x/day o Devices o Memory o Calendars o Automation – tops of medication bottles, app alerts ______ Make sure to subscribe to get the latest episode. Contact Us: Pharmacy Benefit News: http://www.propharmaconsultants.com/pbn.html Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.propharmaconsultants.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/propharmainc Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProPharma/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/propharmainc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pro-pharma-pharmaceutical-consultants-inc/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/pro-pharma-talks