The ADA recommends screening for depression during a new diabetes diagnosis, during regular visits, or if adherence issues arise.
"We deal with tens of thousands of patients here who are positive, and a high percentage of them have adherence issues," said Mr. Weinstein.
Many researchers and others involved in medication adherence issues are excited about the potential of technology to educate patients and provide a "tickler" system to remind them to take their drugs.
To overcome adherence issues caused by the design of the medicine, it is crucial that developers consider the age appropriateness of the medicine (route of administration, dosage form, excipients in the composition, frequency of dosing) in meeting patients' needs to manage their therapy without the support of a care giver.
But nothing near a diagnostic breakthrough is likely to occur because of adherence issues.
Using serum levels instead of dosage, the regular biases due to adherence issues and interindividual variations in pharmacokinetics are avoided.
STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION: All pertinent English-language articles that discussed adherence issues in patients with osteoporosis were included.
Given the substantial AEs and adherence issues associated with available pharmacotherapies for CM, the relatively mild AEs associated with onabotulinumtoxinA may present an attractive treatment alternative.
19 patients randomized to the cases group were subsequently excluded because of protocol adherence issues (poor echographic windows did not consent adequate vena cava diameter measurement).
Adherence issues have dogged other pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, strategies designed to prevent HIV infection, most of which require taking an anti-HIV pill each day.
These constraints have raised adherence issues.
