Good compliance with hypoglycemic therapy is important for diabetes treatment, since positive relationship between medication compliance and glycemic control has been reported. To improve medication compliance, the oral disintegrating tablet technology that facilitates drug administration without water has been employed in various drugs, including voglibose, an alpha glucosidase inhibitor. In t...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the medication knowledge achieved by conventional verbal education and the influence of drug information leaflets in patients with epilepsy. Drug compliance and sources of information of the patients were also examined. Fifty-one adults in an epilepsy outpatient clinic participated this survey. These patients were asked to complete a questionnaire and to spe...

The present study was designed to assess the therapeutic compliance of psychiatric patients who reported to be on regular medication particularly phenothiazines. Of the all cases subjected to the F.P.N, test, it was clearly negative in 21 (18.9 %) indicating, their non-adherence to the drug therapy. Despite their report of regular drug intake at the time of urine screening, five of these twenty...

OBJECTIVE To check compliance of anaesthetist to current policies set for the use of medication within operation room and for induction room floor stock. METHODS The initial audit was conducted from 1st October to 31st November 2006 and reaudit after dissemination and sharing of results within the department repeated in July-August 2007. In each audit four operating rooms were visited twice a...

Consumers increasingly use online pharmacies. However, illicit pharmacies endanger consumer welfare with unapproved and counterfeit drugs. By linking Food Drug Administration (FDA) warning letter content observations of the 1108 websites cited in those letters, we identify factors associated FDA-requested compliance active/inactive website status. One five failed to comply FDA recommendations. ...

The evaluation of the efficacy of medication is confounded when patients do not adhere to prescribed regimens. Overdosing, underdosing, and erratic dosing intervals can diminish drug action or cause adverse effects. Using a new method with epilepsy as a model, we assessed compliance with long-term medications among newly treated and long-term patients. Medication Event Monitor Systems (Aprex Co...

Poor compliance with rationally prescribed drug regimens attenuates benefits of treatment, making compliance a key link between process and outcome in ambulatory care. Compliance is defined as "the extent of correspondence between the patient's actual dosing history and the prescribed regimen'. Electronic monitoring methods reveal that > 30% of patients omit many prescribed doses, irrespective ...