Asthma: Overcoming Obstacles to Taking Medicines
Topic Overview
Asthma is a long-lasting (chronic) disease that may last throughout your life-you must treat it long term. Taking medicines and following a management plan can be difficult over a long period of time.
Taking daily medicines is often one of the hardest things to do. Here is a list of reasons people may not take medicines. Some possible solutions are listed too.
Reason you might not take your medicine |
Possible solutions |
---|---|
Someone or something interrupts you when you are taking your medicine. |
|
You make a change in what you usually do every day. |
|
Something happens during the day so that you can't take it. |
|
You are out of medicine. |
|
You feel good, so you don't take your medicine. |
|
You take many medicines, and you are not sure what to take or when to take it. |
|
You just forget. |
|
You don't think the medicine is working. |
|
You are having difficulty using an inhaler or don't know how to use it. |
|
You have side effects or are worried about having them. |
|
You may not be able to afford the medicines and medical care that is needed to treat asthma. |
|
Your mood or feelings may make it difficult to take the medicine. |
|
Related Information
Credits
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Elizabeth T. Russo, MD - Internal Medicine
Current as ofDecember 6, 2017
- Top of Page
Next Section:
Related Information
Previous Section:
Topic Overview- Top of Page
Next Section:
Credits
Previous Section:
Related Information- Top of Page
Current as of: December 6, 2017