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What should be considered when choosing a medication with the patient?
The 6 main variables of medication prescribing
- Height and weight.
- Sex.
- Age.
- Existing medical conditions.
- Drug interactions.
- Medication intolerance.
Why is it important that patients should adhere with their prescribed medications?
Taking your medicine as prescribed or medication adherence is important for controlling chronic conditions, treating temporary conditions, and overall long-term health and well-being. A personal connection with your health-care provider or pharmacist is an important part of medication adherence.
Which medicine is best for diabetes?
Here is a selection of some top type 2 diabetes treatments and the latest breakthroughs:
- Bydureon BCise (exenatide)
- Humalog (insulin lispro)
- Jardiance (empagliflozin)
- Lantus (insulin glargine)
- Soliqua 100/33 (insulin glargine and lixisenatide)
- Toujeo (insulin glargine)
- Trulicity (dulaglutide)
- Victoza (liraglutide)
What factors are important in choosing a route of administration?
The reason for choice of routes of drug administration are governing by various factors:
- Physical and chemical properties of the drug.
- Site of desired action: the action may be localised and approachable or generalised and not approachable.
- Rate of extent of absorption of the drug from different routes.
What is effectiveness medication?
Effectiveness can be defined as ‘the extent to which a drug achieves its intended effect in the usual clinical setting’. 1. It can be evaluated through observational studies of real practice. This allows practice to be assessed in qualitative as well as quantitative terms.
What happens at a medication evaluation?
Determining the best starting dose and schedule for the medication. Receiving education and information about the medication, how it works, and what to expect. Developing a treatment plan, including a trial period to observe the medication’s effectiveness and side effects. Scheduling follow-up visits with your …