Re: Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines
The Analysis "Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines" is very logical.
Treatment burden is a form of "Polypharmacy" and a reality at the present time. It's affecting patients of all age groups but is common in elderly people.
From a Patient Perspective, the "Pill Burden" reduces compliance and discourages patients in the community to follow treatment.
It's the responsibility of Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to take care of treatment burden and prescribe judiciously to reduce the pill burden of patients.
Regards.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
16 October 2018
Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Faculty
Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College and Hospital Chandigarh-160030, India.
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Re: Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines
The Analysis "Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines" is very logical.
Treatment burden is a form of "Polypharmacy" and a reality at the present time. It's affecting patients of all age groups but is common in elderly people.
From a Patient Perspective, the "Pill Burden" reduces compliance and discourages patients in the community to follow treatment.
It's the responsibility of Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to take care of treatment burden and prescribe judiciously to reduce the pill burden of patients.
Regards.
Competing interests: No competing interests