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How to stay on your medication

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How to stay on your medication

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Your prescribed medication can only have the desired effect if you take it, and take it regularly. However adherence to medication (adherence definition by WHO: “the extent to which a person's behaviour ‐ taking medication, following a diet, and / or executing lifestyle changes, with a recommended recommendations from a health care provider” (1)) is a big challenge for many patients. Sometimes they forget to pick up a new prescription or are unsure whether they have already taken their pills on a specific day or not. This video explains how we intent to support patients in adhering to their treatment regimen – from reminders on packaging to easy‐to‐open medication boxes.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a condition in which the heartbeat is irregular. Despite good progress in the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), this arrhythmia remains one of the major causes of stroke, heart failure, sudden death, and cardiovascular morbidity in the world.(2)
NOACs belong to a class of drugs called non‐vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant which can help to reduce the risk of stroke associated with non‐valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in daily practice.
Currently, four NOACs are approved for use. Of these, dabigatran is an inhibitor of thrombin, whereas rivaroxaban, edoxaban and apixaban are inhibitors of factor Xa.(2)

(1) Adherence to long term therapy: evidence for action. 2003. (Accessed 21.09.2018, at
who.int/chp/knowledge/publications/adherence_re….)
(2) Kirchhof, P. et al. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS. European Heart Journal. 2016;37(38):2893‐2962).

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