Tag: Adherence
Letter to the editor: Resident and Patient Responses to the Institution of Required Narcotic Agreements in an Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic
Dear Editor: An estimated 75 million Americans experience nonmalignant chronic pain,[1] and oftentimes the responsibility for management falls to the primary care provider. Therefore, pain management is an increasingly important clinical skill for residents in primary care fields to master. The use of a narcotic agreement or contract may be one such skill, with reported […]
Letter to the editor: Healthcare Adherence Among Patients Who Report the Self-Sabotage of Their Own Medical Care
Dear Editor: Adherence to recommendations provided by healthcare professionals to patients is of keen importance to salutary outcomes. However, patients may, for a number of reasons, be nonadherent. Given that the area of medication adherence is well studied, patient rationales for nonadherence may include, but are not limited to, forgetfulness, concerning side effects, cost of […]
Letter to the Editor: Comparing Injection Site Pain with Paliperidone Palmitate Versus First-generation Depot Antipsychotics in Subjects with Schizophrenia
Dear Editor: Atypical long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics may improve treatment options for patients with serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.[1] A systematic review of 1,700 outpatients from 10 different studies reported a 30-percent decrease in the relative risk for relapse with LAIs versus oral antipsychotic medications.[2] However, first-generation depot medications, such as […]
Antidepressant Adherence: Are Patients Taking Their Medications?
by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and Lori A. Sansone, MD Dr. R. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; Dr. L. Sansone is a family medicine physician (civilian) […]
