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About the Book

Did You Remember To Take Your Medication?

Forgetting to take scheduled doses of prescribed medications can cost you time, money, and future health care problems. But remembering what to take - and when to take it - can be difficult when you have so many important things to deal with on an everyday basis. Taking Your Medicine: A Guide to Medication Regimes and Compliance for Patients and Caregivers is a practical guide to the process of taking medications, presenting helpful tips and simple ideas for patients, family members, and health care providers. Author Jack E. Fincham, named by Drug Topics magazine as one of the 50 most influential pharmacists in the United States, offers effective strategies that help patients help themselves by taking an active role in treatment decisions, following treatment plans, and getting involved when problems arise.

The following review of the book perhaps best captures the essence of what the book is about:

"Much more than a simple guidebook for helping patients improve their medication compliance, this book presents patients and their caregivers with an approach to becoming more active partners in their health care. It is a guidebook on how to become an intelligent and effective user of medications.

Chapters are devoted not only to compliance issues (e.g., why compliance is important, tools to improve compliance, reasons for not complying), but also cover the broader issue of good medication practices. Information is provided on why drugs are prescribed, how to choose a pharmacist, informing health professionals about your health, dangerous drug interactions, how to take medications, and how to help aging parents with their medication use. A summary chapter highlights and reinforces the most important ideas and endpoints.

Throughout the text are 'key point' boxes which are very helpful and action-oriented so patients can become motivated to make changes in their compliance behavior. Also included are many useful tables on topics such as medical abbreviations, finding medication assistance programs, and quality web sites for locating additonal information.

This book is loaded with helpful ideas and strategies to achieve good medication use. It is not only useful for patients and their caregivers; it should also be read by pharmacists, other health care providers, and students in the health professions."

- Michael Montagne, PhD
Professor of Social Pharmacy,
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

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