A 66-year-old male diagnosed with bipolar disorder and undergoing lithium treatment for two decades was admitted to the hospital due to generalized swelling and reduced urine output persisting for 4 weeks. The patient's medical history included hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and benign prostatic hyperpla...
Medications assessed for being potentially inappropriately prescribed medications (PIPMs) were those deemed relevant to the management of chronic diseases prevalent among older adults.16,17 These included diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, fluid retention, osteoporosis, anxiety, depression, arrhythmia, ...
Medication nonadherence is particularly problematic for asymptomatic conditions, such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia, despite a favorable tolerability profile of many medications used in their treatment. In a retrospective study16 of 4053 patients aged 65 years or older prescribed medications for ...
Methods: Patients who were prescribed and filled at least one medication for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, and coronary artery disease were identified for the pilot study. Patients eligible for the pilot (N=400) were enrolled with an opportunity to opt out. In phase ...
Drug abuse can happen with both legal and illegal drugs, as well as with both prescribed and non-prescribed drugs. In fact, drug abuse of prescribed pharmaceutical medication is on the rise today, and some medications are more well-known for being abused than others....
Hypertension and hyperlipidemia are major cardiovascular disease risk factors. To modify them, patients often need to adopt healthier lifestyles and adhere to prescribed medications. However, patients' adherence to recommended treatments... GJ Njie,RKC Finnie,SD Acharya,... - 《Preventing Chronic Diseas...
Treatment was recorded in standardized formats, including the use of corticosteroids (yes/no), the use of DMARDs (yes/no), the number and name(s) of DMARDs/patient and the treatment prescribed for comorbidities. Records included previous treatment (during the month prior to baseline evaluation)...
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13 Undertreatment occurs when a patient has a problem for which the value of drug therapy is substantiated by the medical literature, does not have a contraindication, and yet fails to be prescribed the indicated medication. Increasing age has been identified as a significant predictor of ...
23 Main Measures The adherence score (percentage adherence) was calculated by comparing the number of pills counted at 1 time point with the number counted at an earlier time point, considering the number of pills prescribed and dispensed. Participants were contacted for 3 baseline pill counts (...