There are some simple steps you can take to help yourself follow your medication regimen. Here is what NY internist, Steven Lamm, M.D. recommends to help you increase your medication adherence: Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Make sure you completely understand the benefits of your medications and the consequences, immediate and long term, of not taking them. Ask your doctor to explain this to you and keep asking questions until you are certain you understand the answers. Optimize the schedule. Ask your physician to prescribe, when possible, once-a-day or once-a-week formulations, to reduce the number of times you have to take medication each day. In addition, certain medications commonly taken together are available in a single-dose form.Fewer doses to take means fewer doses to forget. |
