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Prescribing and Drug Adherence
Dr. Khalid AlOumaizi
The Aims
By the end of this session, the student will be able to:
- Know the elements of a legitimate prescription.
- Write an appropriate prescription.
- Define non-adherence.
- Determine the causes of poor adherence.
- Acknowledge the impact of non-adherence.
- Know the appropriate strategies to improve adherence.
- Know the different methods of assessing adherence.
khalid 35 yrs fever, sore throat, hypertrophy lymph nodes, tonsils enlarged with exudates ,no cough, no runny nose
39.3c , 96 pulse, bp stable, other systems unremarkable.
What Are the Elements of Prescription
- Name of patient - Khaled Waleed
- Medical No. - 3293482
- Date - 05/05/2025
- Diagnosis - Bacterial tonsillitis
- Allergy - no known allergy
- Age - 35
- Gender - male
- Weight - 75 kg
- Medication/s - Augmentin
- Form - tablet
- Concentration - ..
- Dose - …
- Frequency (special instructions) (OID;1, BID;2, TID;3, QID;4 - Q12h)
- Duration /Quantity - 4/7
- Name of prescriber - dr.
- Signature - ~~~