Medication Adherence

Medication adherence means taking your medicine the way it was prescribed by your doctor:

• In the right amount – correct dose
• At the right time – example in the morning and before bed
• In the right way – example twice daily
• For as long as your doctor recommends you take it

Tips to help you stick with your medication plan

• Take your medicines at the same time(s) each day. A regular clock/phone alarm can help
• Link it with something else you do around the same time(s) each day, such as brushing your teeth
• Keep a calendar or chart to write down when you take your medicines. Place a reminder note on your calendar a week before the medicine is due to run out
• Put a reminder note on your refrigerator, phone, medicine cabinet, or bathroom mirror
• Remember to refill your prescription. Put your medicine in pill boxes
• Ask friends or family to help remind you. You can remind each other!
• Use one pharmacy.

Talk to your doctor

• About any allergies to medications
• If you have any side effects with the medications, you are taking
• Before you stop taking any medications
• If you take or use any medicines prescribed by another Doctor or over the counter products such as cough syrups, pain relievers or herbal remedies