What are the possible side effects of that medication?
Reading: Chapter 10: “Poison Control”
Chapter 27: “Drugs and Older Adults”
Woodrow, R., & Colbert, B., (2018). Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Occupations. Cengage Learning.
Jimmy, B., & Jose, J. (2011). Patient medication adherence: Measures in daily practice. Oman Medical Journal, 26(3), 155–159. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191684/
Improving Patient Compliance
Helping a patient to remember to take their medication is one aspect of compliance but a majority of compliance comes from educating the patient. The more a patient knows about what he/she is taking the more likely they will be diligent on taking their medications.
In this scenario you are the health care provider answering questions from your patient regarding a medication. Choose any ONE medication that treats ONE condition below and answer the questions that follow. Remember these are questions from your patient, be as thorough as possible but yet understandable to the patient.
Conditions: Bacterial infection, UTIs, peptic ulcers, hypertension, asthma; high cholesterol, or congestive heart failure.
The patient asks you:
- What is the name of the medication?
- Why do I need to take it?
- What are the possible side effects of that medication?
- How does it work on my condition?
- What should I do if I miss a dose?
