More details on medication use and what is meant by it: Arrangement This is what is meant “on an empty stomach” 30 – 60 minutes before the meal or at the earliest 2 hours after the meal “before meal” approx. 30 – 60 minutes before the meal “after meal” approx. 30 – 60 minutes after … Proper Medication Intake: Common Mistakes
For a drug to work, it must be taken correctly and regularly. It is not uncommon for patients to deviate from the doctor’s stated treatment regimen; as a result, the effect of the medicine can be called into question and with it the entire healing process. Compliance and noncompliance In science, the necessary adherence to … Forgotten Medication: that Can’t Be so Bad after All
Whether a therapy with medication is successful depends on the extent to which medication is taken in the correct dosage, at the right time and for the prescribed duration. Studies show that this is not always the case: about half of elderly patients do not take medication or do not take it regularly. 5 guiding … Taking Medication: Rules
The functions of our body are subject to a temporal rhythm, the “internal clock”. Just as the normal functions of the body are subject to diurnal variations, the disruption of these functions – i.e. illness – can also vary in severity at different times of the day. When do symptoms of illness occur? For example, … Safe Medication Use: Timing
Especially elderly people with chronic diseases often have to take many different medications. This is often too much for them to cope with, as the guidelines for taking the medication are often too complicated. If it then comes to a change of the preparations or a change in the intake rhythm, most lose the overview. … Incorrect Medication Intake
