Johnson George

TL;DR: The MRCI is a reliable and valid tool for quantifying drug regimen complexity with potential applications in both practice and research.

TL;DR: Patients' acceptance of the disease process and recommended treatment, knowledge about and faith in the treatment, effective patient-clinician interaction, and routinization of drug therapy are critical for optimal medication adherence in patients with COPD.

TL;DR: Self-monitoring alone is not associated with lower BP or better control, but in conjunction with co-interventions leads to clinically significant BP reduction which persists for at least 12 months.

TL;DR: A systematic review of English language randomized controlled trials cited in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts found Pharmacists co-located in general practice clinics delivered a range of interventions, with favorable results in various areas of chronic disease management and quality use of medicines.

TL;DR: Tucker et al. as discussed by the authors performed an individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis to better understand the effectiveness of BP self-monitoring to lower BP and control hypertension, and found that selfmonitoring alone is not associated with lower BP or better control, but in conjunction with co-interventions (including systematic medication titration by doctors, pharmacists, or patients; education; or lifestyle counselling) leads to clinically significant BP reduction which persists for at least 12 months.