Adherence to Medication

Chandrashekar, K. R.; Meti, Vinayak; K, Saritha M.; Hogade, Anil P.

doi:10.7897/2277-4343.04243

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“…Certain crushed plants are applied externally in case of bone fracture, body pain, head ache and diversion of nerves [ 14 ]. An ethnobotanical study carried out at Kollihills, Nammakkal district, Tamil Nadu with Malayali tribals who are Tamil speaking, believed to be migrated from Conjeeveram documented 108 species of medicinal plants belonging to 59 families [ 15 ]. The data collected from the tribal people at Valaiyan community of Piranmalai Hills showed the usage of herbal plants for various diseases [ 16 ].…”

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MEDDB: A medicinal plant database developed with the information gathered from tribal people in and around Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Mary¹,

Priyadharshini²,

Amal³

et al. 2012

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Tribal peoples are endowed with enriched traditional wisdom to use available nature resources around them. They are well versed in the usage of plant for treating various diseases. They have used powder or extract or paste form of the plant parts such as root, shoot, whole plant, fruits and leaves etc. The recipe known by the tribal people was passed on only to their family members and community through mouth to mouth practice. Hence, the knowledge is confined to particular people alone. It is always expedient to store information in the database, so that it will be accessible by everyone from everywhere. To achieve this, MEDDB has been developed, which stores the details of 110 plant species that are commonly used by tribes for fever, asthma, cold, cough, diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery, eye infections, stomach ache, wounds and snake bite. The details of each plant were collected from the literature and through web search to give comprehensive and exhaustive information. Each plant entry is compiled under the subheadings viz., common name, classification, physical characteristics, medicinal uses, active constituents, and references.

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MEDDB: A medicinal plant database developed with the information gathered from tribal people in and around Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Mary¹,

Priyadharshini²,

Amal³

et al. 2012

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Lung penetration and patient adherence considerations in the management of asthma: role of extra fine formulations

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Spatafora²,

Battaglia³

et al. 2013

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The mainstay of management in asthma is inhalation therapy at the target site, with direct delivery of the aerosolized drug into the airways to treat inflammation and relieve obstruction. Abundant evidence is available to support the concept that inflammatory and functional changes at the level of the most peripheral airways strongly contribute to the complexity and heterogeneous manifestations of asthma. It is now largely accepted that there is a wide range of clinical phenotypes of the disease, characterized primarily by small airways involvement. Thus, an appropriate diagnostic algorithm cannot exclude biological and functional assessment of the peripheral airways. Similarly, achievement of optimal control of the disease and appropriate management of specific phenotypes of asthma should be based on drugs (and delivery options) able to distribute uniformly along the bronchial tree and to reach the most peripheral airways. Products developed with the Modulite® technology platform have been demonstrated to meet these aims. Recent real-life studies have shown clearly that extra-fine fixed-combination inhaled therapy provides better asthma control than non-extra-fine formulations, thus translating the activity of the drugs into greater effectiveness in clinical practice. We suggest that in patients with incomplete asthma control despite good lung function, involvement of the peripheral airways should always be suspected. When this is the case, treatments targeting both the large and small airways should be used to improve asthma control. Above all, it is emphasized that patient adherence with prescribed medications can contribute to clinical success, and clinicians should always be aware of the role played by patients themselves in determining the success or failure of treatment.

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Measuring Adherence with Antidepressant Medication: Comparison of HEDIS and PDC Methodologies

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Adherence to Medication

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MEDDB: A medicinal plant database developed with the information gathered from tribal people in and around Madurai, Tamil Nadu

MEDDB: A medicinal plant database developed with the information gathered from tribal people in and around Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Lung penetration and patient adherence considerations in the management of asthma: role of extra fine formulations

Measuring Adherence with Antidepressant Medication: Comparison of HEDIS and PDC Methodologies

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