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		The Doctor's Journal Entry: February 3, 2006: Make taking your medicines work for you and your schedule
Back to the Top		Taking drugs is difficult. I think each of us strives to have some type of individual identity in what we do either socially, professionally, and sometimes for personal reasons. But as you know, when it comes to health care, and specifically taking medicines, we are all placed in the same categories. The dosage forms for drugs and the doses themselves are used for a wide range of patients. Older, younger, perhaps sicker patients are all given in some cases the same dosage forms and doses as other patients who may be taller or shorter, weigh more or less, men or women or kids and the complexity of taking all these drugs may be overwhelming. What helps me, and I hope will help you, is to start making the taking of medicine work for each of us with some common elements. In Chapter 7 of Taking Your Medicine: A Guide to Medication Regimens and Compliance for Patients and Caregivers, I mention in one of my key points: The easier it is for you to be compliant, the more likely you are to be compliant and stay with taking your medicines as prescribed.* In other words find a system for you that works, remembering to take your medicines at the same time daily in a routine fashion and associated with other tasks may help you. For example, it is helpful to take your morning medications before or after you brush your teeth. Taking midday medications with your lunch or during a lunch break can help you get into the habit of complying. Take your evening medications after you have eaten your dinner, or before you retire for the day. Follow along this journal with me from time to time to pick up some hints that I stress in my book that have helped others, and will aid you in better complying with your medications! These tips can help you help others be compliant as well. *Throughout my book I use highlighted “key points” to emphasize how to get better at taking your medicine. I have used these tips with many, many patients to help them be compliant. I hope that they can help you too!

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		The Doctor's Journal Entry: February 3, 2006: Make taking your medicines work for you and your schedule
Back to the Top		Taking drugs is difficult. I think each of us strives to have some type of individual identity in what we do either socially, professionally, and sometimes for personal reasons. But as you know, when it comes to health care, and specifically taking medicines, we are all placed in the same categories. The dosage forms for drugs and the doses themselves are used for a wide range of patients. Older, younger, perhaps sicker patients are all given in some cases the same dosage forms and doses as other patients who may be taller or shorter, weigh more or less, men or women or kids and the complexity of taking all these drugs may be overwhelming. What helps me, and I hope will help you, is to start making the taking of medicine work for each of us with some common elements. In Chapter 7 of Taking Your Medicine: A Guide to Medication Regimens and Compliance for Patients and Caregivers, I mention in one of my key points: The easier it is for you to be compliant, the more likely you are to be compliant and stay with taking your medicines as prescribed.* In other words find a system for you that works, remembering to take your medicines at the same time daily in a routine fashion and associated with other tasks may help you. For example, it is helpful to take your morning medications before or after you brush your teeth. Taking midday medications with your lunch or during a lunch break can help you get into the habit of complying. Take your evening medications after you have eaten your dinner, or before you retire for the day. Follow along this journal with me from time to time to pick up some hints that I stress in my book that have helped others, and will aid you in better complying with your medications! These tips can help you help others be compliant as well. *Throughout my book I use highlighted “key points” to emphasize how to get better at taking your medicine. I have used these tips with many, many patients to help them be compliant. I hope that they can help you too!

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