{"id":311,"date":"2022-08-19T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:53:56","slug":"medication-adherence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/about\/medication-adherence\/","title":{"rendered":"Medication Adherence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l6kjacdi-c756ca387329b5961168302345de6a2f\">\n.avia-section.av-l6kjacdi-c756ca387329b5961168302345de6a2f{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/healthcare-banner.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-l6kjacdi-c756ca387329b5961168302345de6a2f .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.7;\nbackground-color:#005366;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section 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.av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-d5vks-cd591a433baec6179fecebfe143eb42d .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-d5vks-cd591a433baec6179fecebfe143eb42d av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  section-heading av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >What is Medication Adherence<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l6kmcuoe-ed2174e88b851364b47a7d7265cb2393'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-315 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hero-medication-adherence1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hero-medication-adherence1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hero-medication-adherence1-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In simple words, it means sticking to your medication regimen. Adhering to medication is taking the medication as directed by a healthcare professional \u2013 whether taken in pill form, inhaled, injected, or applied topically. Not taking medication as prescribed is called non-adherence.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Taking medication correctly may seem like a simple or personal matter, but non-adherence is a complicated and common problem.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Upwards of three out of four Americans report that they do not always take their medicine as directed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Often there is no single reason someone does not take their medicine as directed, but rather a combination of reasons. These reasons include:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cost of medicines<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Not filling a new prescription or refilling an existing prescription when you are supposed to<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Stopping a medicine before the instructions say you should<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Taking more or less of the prescribed medicine<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Taking the medicine at the wrong time<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Forgetfulness<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lack of belief in the medicine\u2019s effectiveness, being unsure the medicine is working\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fear of side effects<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"82\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Trouble taking the medicine (especially with injections or inhalers)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":212,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1886,"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/1886"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scriptyourfuture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}