Adherence compliance and concordance

Pharmacists: we can support people with alcohol issues

Brief interventions by community pharmacists — which require little time and no specialist training — can make a big difference to people with alcohol addiction, says Addaction pharmacy director Roz Gittins.…

Weekly contact with pharmacist improves medicine adherence in people with heart failure

Regular consultations with pharmacists lead to improved medicine adherence in people with chronic heart failure, research results show.…

Patients twice as likely to continue taking medicines if warned about health impact of non-adherence

Patients who are warned about the personal health consequences of not taking their medicines are nearly twice as likely to continue taking them as prescribed, research has found.…

Patient-centred clinic improves outcomes after myocardial infarction

A post-myocardial infarction medicines optimisation clinic, led primarily by a pharmacist with support from a cardiologist, has resulted in improved medicines adherence and guideline concordance, study results published in Open Heart show.…

More than 60 million multicompartment compliance aids given out each year in England

Exclusive: An estimated 64 million multicompartment compliance aids are given out by community pharmacies each year in England, a new report has shown, as data show rising reported incidences of associated harm.…

Are we dispensing too many multicompartment compliance aids?

Millions of multicompartment compliance aids (MCAs) are handed out by pharmacists each year, but evidence for their benefits is hard to find. Few patients are assessed before being given an MCA and concerns are building over potential errors and harms.…

Boots to switch from monitored dosage systems to patient pack dispensing in care homes

Exclusive: Boots is changing the way it dispenses medication for care home residents from monitored dosage systems to patient pack dispensing from 1 March 2019.…

Increased intensity plus adherence maximises statin benefits

High adherence to intensive lipid-lowering therapy provides the greatest risk reduction for cardiovascular events, a study in JAMA Network Open has shown.…

First-year statin discontinuation and non-adherence common in older adults

A substantial proportion of older people who begin taking statins do not take them as intended, according to an Australian study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.…

Reminder apps improve self-reported adherence to cardiovascular medicines

Medicine reminder apps can improve self-reported adherence to cardiovascular medicines, according to findings from a randomised clinical trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.…