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When it comes to many antipsychotic medications patients suffer from the side effects of taking their medications.
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So I'm a little curious why an article on monitoring compliance digitally only talks to patients who are very very unlikely to be noncompliant.
Then there's this misstatement:
"Many patients with these conditions do not take medication regularly, often with severe consequences."
These people take this medication daily. They may miss a day or two and not notice. Longer periods, they would notice the slow return of phobias or irrational thoughts and realize they had been missing their medication and start taking it again.
For those admitted to the hospital or having a history of severe mental illnesses:
People wonder why anyone would stop taking the medications and relapse. I have no proof but think the treatment can be worse than the disease.
Schizophrenia: a serious mental illness that interferes with a person's ability to think clearly, manage emotions, make decisions and relate to others.
Now look at the list of side effects of Abilify: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0009101/?repor...
These patients are on a cocktail of medications each having a list of potential side effects.
For all areas of health care 20-30% of prescriptions are never filled and half of all medications are not taken as prescribed.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/the-289-b...
Factors involved in the high rate of noncompliance in psychiatric patients:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799245/
When it comes to many antipsychotic medications patients suffer from the side effects of taking their medications.
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So I'm a little curious why an article on monitoring compliance digitally only talks to patients who are very very unlikely to be noncompliant.
Then there's this misstatement:
"Many patients with these conditions do not take medication regularly, often with severe consequences."
These people take this medication daily. They may miss a day or two and not notice. Longer periods, they would notice the slow return of phobias or irrational thoughts and realize they had been missing their medication and start taking it again.
For those admitted to the hospital or having a history of severe mental illnesses:
People wonder why anyone would stop taking the medications and relapse. I have no proof but think the treatment can be worse than the disease.
Schizophrenia: a serious mental illness that interferes with a person's ability to think clearly, manage emotions, make decisions and relate to others.
Now look at the list of side effects of Abilify: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0009101/?repor...
These patients are on a cocktail of medications each having a list of potential side effects.
For all areas of health care 20-30% of prescriptions are never filled and half of all medications are not taken as prescribed. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/the-289-b...
Factors involved in the high rate of noncompliance in psychiatric patients:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799245/