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Do pill organisers improve medication adherence?
Author(s) -
Dowden Angela
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1865
Subject(s) - medicine , pill , medication adherence , traditional medicine , family medicine , pharmacology
Multi‐compartment compliance aids (MCAs) are pill boxes or blister packs that organise medication according to the day and time it needs to be taken. On the surface of it, they seem like the ideal way to ensure older patients take their medications as prescribed, but there is actually very little evidence to support their use and they may have adverse effects. This article looks at research into the effectiveness of MCAs, and discusses factors affecting medication adherence in general.