Medication compliance and dispensing among psychogeriatric patients

Medication compliance among children.

Medication compliance in patients with chronic pain.

BACKGROUND Despite hints about the high incidence of pain patients misreporting their pain medication use, there are only a few non-controlled studies on the topic that focus solely on opioids. OBJECTIVE Using toxicological analyses in a cross-sectional study, we investigated patients' reliability regarding their report of any current pain medication use. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional stud...

Chapter 11. Automated Medication Dispensing Devices

In the 1980s, automated dispensing devices appeared on the scene, a generation after the advent of unit-dose dispensing (Chapter 11). The invention and production of these devices brought hopes of reduced rates of medication errors, increased efficiency for pharmacy and nursing staff, ready availability of medications where they are most often used (the nursing unit or inpatient ward), and impr...

Medication compliance among mentally Ill patients in public clinics in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica

The Bellevue and the Hagley Park mental health outpatient clinics in Jamaica serve the majority of psychiatric patients in the country, but there is a dearth of research on medication compliance, which is a very important mental health issue. Medication compliance affects intervention outcomes. Therefore, this study seeks to examine medication compliance among psychiatric patients in Jamaica. A...

Medication Interaction and Physicians' Compliance Assessment through Medication Reconciliation Forms in a University Affiliated Hospital

Background: Medication interactions are associated with various unwanted adverse drug reactions. Medication Reconciliation involves a process in which a complete list of patient's previously prescribed medications are recorded and subsequently evaluated within the context of concomitantly prescribed medications and present medical condition during the hospitalization. Method: Medical records ...