Compliance with medication treatment can be improved through a collaborative approach with patients, health care providers, and caregivers.
Tips to improve compliance
- Taking medications at the same time daily
- Getting educated about common side effects and reporting if they persist with your doctor
- Ensuring that pill reminder notifications/charts are kept handy as a reminder
- Ensuring that regular checkups with the doctor are scheduled so that medication and treatment can be tweaked depending on the response to treatment
- Getting information about the dosing and duration of treatment to avoid side effects.
Staying compliant with medications is extremely important in effective management of heart failure
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