When someone is burdened by having to take multiple medications several times a day, it can start to feel like medication is running a person’s life. They begin to feel trapped because they know that if they don’t take the medicine, serious consequences could occur. When someone takes a lot of different medications every day, it can be hard to remember each and every day what to take. I remember at one of the pharmacy organization meetings, a speaker came in to talk about her role in talking with HIV patients. They have a lot of medications to take, and the speaker talked about how she wanted the patients to feel like instead of letting the medications control their lives, they could follow a routine that still allows them to feel like they are in
When someone is burdened by having to take multiple medications several times a day, it can start to feel like medication is running a person’s life. They begin to feel trapped because they know that if they don’t take the medicine, serious consequences could occur. When someone takes a lot of different medications every day, it can be hard to remember each and every day what to take. I remember at one of the pharmacy organization meetings, a speaker came in to talk about her role in talking with HIV patients. They have a lot of medications to take, and the speaker talked about how she wanted the patients to feel like instead of letting the medications control their lives, they could follow a routine that still allows them to feel like they are in