Pro Pharma Talks

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 medication