Taking Medicine in the Right Way: Most Important but Most Neglected

Authors

  • Mohiuddin AK* Faculty of Pharmacy, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Author

Keywords:

Patient Compliance, Healthcare Denials, Medication Adherence, Elderly Patient Care, Treatment Failure

Abstract

Proper use of medicine or taking medicine in correct order
is essential to cure any disease. According to the WHO, lack
of adherence to treatment regimens leads to major problems
among patients, mostly with chronic illnesses. “Right
administration” depends on at least 5 right factors--right
patient, right drug, right time, right dose and right route.
“Medicines won’t work if you don’t take it right”--This simple
fact is not understood by most people in the world, as a result
still more than half of the patients with chronic diseases in
the develop

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Published

2022-11-21

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