Owner compliance with drug treatment regimens

Compliance With Therapeutic Regimens

Regimens Compliance with Therapeutic

a very important book. However, its value is somewhat marred by the deficiencies which often accompany the publishing of proceedings, in particular the very variable quality of the chapters. It could have benefited greatly from more ruthless editing. Overall, the book is very well organized into sections covering 'The magnitude, determinants and measurement of compliance' (four chapters), 'Stra...

Compliance of osteoporotic patients with different treatment regimens.

BACKGROUND The treatment of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women represents a major public health challenge since long-term therapy is needed to prevent fractures and chronic disability. OBJECTIVES To assess compliance with osteoporosis drug therapy among Israeli postmenopausal women treated with either a bisphosphonate (alendronate) or a selective estrogen receptor modulator (raloxifene);...

Improving Compliance with Medication Regimens

atient compliance, the degree of adherence to medical advice necessary for therapeutic benefit, is of increasing concern to health care professionals. The trend towards promoting outpatient therapy and self-treatment has led to placing greater responsibility on patients for their own health outcomes. While compliance has been well studied in adults over the past several decades, it has only lat...

Tuberculosis treatment and drug regimens.

Tuberculosis is an airborne infectious disease treated with combination therapeutic regimens. Adherence to long-term antituberculosis therapy is crucial for maintaining adequate blood drug level. The emergence and spread of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are mainly favored by the inadequate medical management of the patients. The therapeutic approach for drug-resistant tuberc...