The purpose of writing this review on medication adherence in asthma and copd: was to compile the recent literature with special focus on role of pharmacist on medication adherence in asthma and copd. Patient adherence can be defined as the extent to which a person’s behavior coincides with health related advice and ability of the patient to attend clinic appointments as scheduled, take medications as prescribed, make possible life style changes and complete recommended investigations. Adherence to pharmacologic therapy has been reported to be low among patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and related to poor prognosis. Currently, little is known about the extent and management of adherence problems among patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema..In chronic airflow obstruction different classes of drugs are often used in combination, and in regimens requiring multiple daily doses of each agent. The resulting dosage schedules are often extremely complex. It has been considered that complex treatment regimens should result in poor compliance. Pharmacists may be able to enhance patients’ compliance and outcomes by engaging in pharmaceutical care activities monitoring symptoms, providing medication counseling, helping resolve drug-related problems, facilitating communication with physicians. Pharmacists with their knowledge, irrespective of their working place either in hospital/community; can employ their technique in educating the patients, enhancing adherence, medication knowledge assessment and counseling to overcome the problem.
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