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16 Jan

Mediation Adherence isn’t magic, but you have to believe that it’s necessary.

Your own “necessity beliefs” are key to your medication adherence being successful. I just read an article in LINK HERE: HCP Live which Suggests that doctors can help patients Perceive the necessity for taking a particular drug by telling the patients that they the medication they are prescribing is an important drug for the patient to take. This is accurate, but there’s so much more to it. I looked back on my own prescription taking history and I realize that there [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley medication, Medication adherence, medication management, medication regimine Comments Off

28 Oct

Medication Adherence across the pond

Aston University, A Life and Health Sciences school in Birmingham, England, as released a study on Medication Adherence, (called AMAS) which they view as a breakthrough because, until now, there seems not to have been a study that focuses on lower income patients which is broken down by ethnic and cultural and socioeconomic groups. The AMAS is such a study. There seems to be some divergence from what we might find in a U.S. research study. Where the U.S. studies [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, lipids, medication, Medication adherence, medication regimine, prevention AMAS, Aston University Comments Off

28 Oct

Confusion over the color of their pills

Another day, another study on the habits of patients. This new study was done by multiple authors (Aaron Kessleheim, chief author) based at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. It seems to work backwards to most studies regarding medication adherence… I’ll explain further. But first you have to understand a couple of pieces of the medication terminology. Medication Adherence has to do with a patient’s commitment to take his or her prescriptions consistently as prescribed by their [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley cost of medications, medication, Medication adherence, medication management, medication regimine, pharmaceuticals, prescriptions Comments Off

28 Oct

Medication Adherence is more than just about pills

It’s incredibly important to the future of your healthcare and that of the nations. Nonadherence is the level of failure to take your medications. Adherence is the opposite. Its’ so important to your health that companies are studying what you take, why you take it, when you take it, and why you might not be taking it. There is a school of thought (and study) that says that people don’t take their meds mostly due to cost. And becomes more [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley cost of medications, medication, Medication adherence FICO, incentives for taking meds, medication scoring Comments Off

28 Oct

One pill treats high blood pressure and cholesterol?

It’s not available yet, but it’s likely to be considered in the very near future. The “Polypill” is meant to treat high blood pressure and cholesterol in patients over 50. Its been tested in a small group in England; only 84 patients participated in the study, reports the Reuters News Service in a story recently published. Doctors from Queen Mary University of London have reportedly surmised that the success of this test indicates that it would be good for all [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley american heart association, cholesterol, cost of medications, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, medication, Medication adherence, prevention pollypill Comments Off

28 Oct

The FDA approves HIV medication

For the very first time, the FDA has approved a contraceptive pill to prevent the spread of HIV infections: Truvada. This drug is intended to cut the risk of people that are having sex with HIV – infected partners, though studies have shown that the drug only cuts the risk by 42% and should not be considered a replacement for condoms alone, cautions the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Truvada has been on the market since 2004, for the purpose of treating people [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley health, HIV, medication, Medication adherence, medication regimine, pharmaceuticals, physicians, prescriptions, Uncategorized hiv/aids, Truvada Comments Off

28 Oct

A note from your doctor: take your meds

Patients, it is reported in a new study, are much more likely to remember to take their meds when their Doctors involve them in office visit notes, InformationWeek reports. It’s interesting to learn that any doctor would ever consider not sharing such notes with patients. Doctors may share concern over the new world of on-line medical records. After all, the Obama Administration got very upset with the medical industry when it found doctors possibly using their notes for the [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley cost of medications, diet, exercise, health, medication, Medication adherence, medication regimine, physicians, prevention Comments Off

28 Oct

Hospitals versus medication adherence

It isn’t really fair to say Hospitals versus medication adherence. But, if you are fully adherent but you’re much more likely to be able to stay out of a hospital. If you’ve had a stay in the hospital recently, your adherence can certainly reducing the chances of your going back in. I was reading a brief put out by the NEHI regarding readmissions into hospitals. The article is entitled “Improving Medication Adherence and Reducing Readmissions.” I find it a bit [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley cost of medications, hospitalization, medication, Medication adherence, medication regimine, NEHI, physicians, prevention Comments Off

28 Oct

The more you test your glucose the more adherent you become.

Typically, when one reads about “medication adherence” it’s in the grand sense. It’s all diseases combined and how many dollars we might save as a country if we all took our medications as prescribed by a physician. This study, reported by DNS, found that diabetics who test their glucose 1 or more times per day are much more likely to be adherent to their drug regimen and were found to have a lower A1C level. Now… it’s expensive to buy all [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley diabetes, medication, Medication adherence, medication regimine, prescriptions, prevention Comments Off

28 Oct

24 Million people in the U.S. are prescribed Aspirin to fight against cardiovascular disease

MedCity News reports that about 15% of patients who take their daily aspirin, as prescribed by their physician’s, have gastrointestinal problems as a result. That’s 3.6 million patients who need to seek an alternative to help them be adherent for the purposes of fending off cardiovascular disease. A NASDAQ listed company, called Pozen, has developed a drug that has been studied in two double blind tests over two years and involved over 1,000 subjects. The company says it’s looking for a [...]

By Jeremy Whiteley cardiovascular disease, medication, prescriptions, prevention Comments Off