Calendar packs improve compliance with treatment

摘要

Distributing medicines in blister packs rather than in bottles may increase the likelihood of them being taken correctly,a study of 88 patients aged 65 years or older suggests.Researchers found that patients taking lisinopril were more likely to have repeat prescriptions dispensed on time if the medicine came in a blister package clearly stating the day on which to take each tablet tather than in a bottle.