Asthma can be a tough condition to treat in certain patients. But according to a new study, the difficulty may sometimes lie with the patients, not the medication.
The study, published in the Nov. 1 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found that people don't always adhere to the prescribed dosages for inhaled and oral asthma medication, even when they say they do. Researchers from Belfast City Hospital and Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland analyzed data on 182 people who were referred to a clinic specializing in dealing with difficult asthma cases. None of the participants were suspected of not complying with their doctors' prescriptions, and none said they were noncompliant about their prescriptions during their first visit to the clinic.
Researchers looked at physician prescriptions for a six-month period and compared it to the patients' refill rates. They also checked blood plasma prednisolone and cortisol levels to see if the patients were complying with their doctors' orders and taking their oral medications as prescribed.
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The study, published in the Nov. 1 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found that people don't always adhere to the prescribed dosages for inhaled and oral asthma medication, even when they say they do. Researchers from Belfast City Hospital and Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland analyzed data on 182 people who were referred to a clinic specializing in dealing with difficult asthma cases. None of the participants were suspected of not complying with their doctors' prescriptions, and none said they were noncompliant about their prescriptions during their first visit to the clinic.
Researchers looked at physician prescriptions for a six-month period and compared it to the patients' refill rates. They also checked blood plasma prednisolone and cortisol levels to see if the patients were complying with their doctors' orders and taking their oral medications as prescribed.
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