October 23, 2007

12:10: The Health Roundup with Jay and Jamie.

12:15: Stroke prevention awareness.
Guest: Paula Churchill, Registered Dietician, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

12:20: Dealing with moodiness or depression in your teenagers?? Local pcychologist Sean Kidd is speaking at a public health lecture on October 24th about the top 10 Things every parent should know to cope more effectively with their child's onset of depression.
Guest: Dr. Sean Kidd, Psychologist, St. Joseph’’s Healthcare Hamilton.

12:35: A visit with Dr. Joyce Tellier. Dr Tellier discusses Echinacea.
Guest: Dr. Joyce Tellier, Naturopathic doctor over at Webber natural pharmaceuticals.

12:45: DayNight Pharmacy segment.
Guest: Hilton.

Hilton talked about medication Compliance today on 900 CHML !

Noncompliance can put your health at risk. If you are noncompliant with your medications, your condition may not improve, and may even get worse.
So what is noncompliance? Not filling out a initial prescriptions, or not refilling a prescription when still needed. Taking a medication at the wrong time. Stopping a medication before medication course is completed without your physician's advise. Taking the wrong dose, or taking it incorrectly. Skipping doses. Taking someone else's medication. The first and most important step is to educate yourself about the specific drugs you use, the conditions they are intended to treat and the expected effects. Success comes when patients understand the correlation between perhaps their edema, shortness of breath and the fact that their medication was meant to control these symptoms, and not just to be taken when they experience a symptom. Understand the methodology, when and how to take your medications. Don't be afraid to bother your pharmacist or your doctor, work towards building a partnership in which your treatment goals are understood, so the best options can be presented to you. Patient noncompliance has been a major problem in the US and in Canada. Noncompliance has been cited as occurring in from 50% to 75% of all patients. In other words 50 to 70% of patient s are not taking their prescribed medications properly. The rate is even higher in patients who have a chronic illness. This is because drug regimes for these patients are often long-term, complex, which may altering their current behavioral patterns. This pushes a 100 billion dollar problem onto the health care system due to adverse reactions.
14 to 21% of patients never fill out their original prescriptions. 60% can't identify why they are taking their medications. 30-50% ignore or compromise the instructions and 12-20% of patients take other people's medications.

Note: Hilton Silberg will be speaking tomorrow night at the Marquis Gardens in Hamilton at the Spinal Cord Conference, regarding drug compliance and med-checks, pls call 1-888-991-9954 ( Marquis Gardens) for details.