Asthma: Overcoming Obstacles to Taking Medicines
Topic Overview
Asthma is a long-lasting (chronic) disease that may last throughout your life-you must treat it long term. Taking medicines and following a management plan can be difficult over a long period of time.
Taking daily medicines is often one of the hardest things to do. Here is a list of reasons people may not take medicines. Some possible solutions are listed too.
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Someone or something interrupts you when you are taking your medicine. |
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You make a change in what you usually do every day. |
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Something happens during the day so that you can't take it. |
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You are out of medicine. |
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You feel good, so you don't take your medicine. |
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You take many medicines, and you are not sure what to take or when to take it. |
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You just forget. |
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You don't think the medicine is working. |
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You are having difficulty using aninhaleror don't know how to use it. |
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You have side effects or are worried about having them. |
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You may not be able to afford the medicines and medical care that is needed to treat asthma. |
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Your mood or feelings may make it difficult to take the medicine. |
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ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Elizabeth T. Russo, MD - Internal Medicine
Current as ofDecember 6, 2017
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