Medication Noncompliance: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Medication Noncompliance

Angiokeratoma Corporis Diffusum with Arteriovenous Fistulas

Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: diagnosis and prognosis in noncompliant patient. Am Rev Respir Dis, 100 (1969), pp. 177-188 [9.] J.R. Gossage, G. Kang. [archbronconeumol.org]

Status Epilepticus

Patients with a primary seizure disorder are more prone to seize in the setting of: Medical noncompliance (most common cause of recurrent seizure) Sleep deprivation Emotional [cdemcurriculum.com]

[…] their lifetime A patient with first-time, new-onset seizure who is back to baseline and has a normal exam needs a chemistry panel, pregnancy test, and head CT in the ED Medication [cdemcurriculum.com]

noncompliance is the most common cause of recurrent seizures History and physical exam findings may offer clues about the etiology of seizure and appropriate treatment Benzodiazepines [cdemcurriculum.com]

TTR Amyloidosis with Cardiomyopathy

She had previous multiple admissions for hypertensive crisis attributed to medication noncompliance. [pubs.sciepub.com]

Chronic Right-Sided Congestive Heart Failure

Factors aggravating heart failure • Myocardial ischemia or infarct • Dietary sodium excess • Excess fluid intake • Medication noncompliance • Arrhythmias • Intercurrent illness [slideshare.net]

Medication noncompliance: Frequently, diuretics are not taken as prescribed due to the urinary side-effects. [healio.com]

noncompliance, cardiac ischemia, abnormal heart rhythms, kidney failure, pulmonary emboli, hypertension, and infections.[13] Treatment efforts are directed towards decreasing [en.wikipedia.org]

Hypertensive Crisis

noncompliance or medication reaction/interaction with other drugs Stroke, MI, heart failure, renal failure Abdominal aorta rupture Eclampsia during pregnancy Signs and symptoms [hiacode.com]

The most common cause for a hypertensive crisis is chronic hypertension with an acute exacerbation resulting from medication noncompliance. [renalandurologynews.com]

[…] with out any risk factor (family history, smoking, obesity, drug abuse, oral contraceptives, CKD, sleep apnea), or >50 years, or resistant hypertension or no history of noncompliance [renalandurologynews.com]

Chronic Pulmonary Edema

Patient noncompliance with medications (eg, diuretics) Severe anemia Sepsis Thyrotoxicosis Myocarditis Myocardial toxins (eg, alcohol, cocaine, chemotherapeutic agents such [emedicine.medscape.com]

noncompliance need strict counseling and education to help prevent recurrences. [emedicine.medscape.com]

CPE can occur in patients with hemodialysis-dependent renal failure, often as a result of noncompliance with dietary restrictions or noncompliance with hemodialysis sessions [emedicine.medscape.com]

Compliance Problem

[…] the significance placed on obtaining jurisdiction over the North Pole, and given recent violations of the norms of the Law of the Sea Convention, some experts see risks of noncompliance [unclosdebate.org]

These findings suggest that pretransplant evaluation of psychosocial risk factors can identify patients with increased risk of postoperative noncompliance and morbidity. [journals.lww.com]

Boards and executives must guard against unintentional noncompliance. Ensure that regulatory compliance functions are internally challenged and regularly updated. [corporatecomplianceinsights.com]

Cholinergic Crisis

[…] ingestion, medical noncompliance, or geriatric polypharmacy; systemic effects also have resulted from topical eye drops. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Epidemiology United States Anticholinergic syndrome may be caused by intentional overdose, inadvertent ingestion, medical noncompliance, or geriatric polypharmacy. [emedicine.medscape.com]

It may follow the ingestion of a wide variety of prescription and over-the-counter medications. [1, 2, 3] This syndrome may be caused by intentional overdose, inadvertent [emedicine.medscape.com]

Anticholinergic Toxicity

[…] ingestion, medical noncompliance, or geriatric polypharmacy; systemic effects also have resulted from topical eye drops. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Epidemiology United States Anticholinergic syndrome may be caused by intentional overdose, inadvertent ingestion, medical noncompliance, or geriatric polypharmacy. [emedicine.medscape.com]

It may follow the ingestion of a wide variety of prescription and over-the-counter medications. [1, 2, 3] This syndrome may be caused by intentional overdose, inadvertent [emedicine.medscape.com]

Postictal State

Patients with a primary seizure disorder are more prone to seize in the setting of: Medical noncompliance (most common cause of recurrent seizure) Sleep deprivation Emotional [cdemcurriculum.com]

Although medication noncompliance and subtherapeutic medication levels are among the most common causes of seizure presentations to the ED, patients should also be screened [emedicine.com]

For patients with a known seizure disorder presenting with an increase in seizure frequency, the most common causes are anticonvulsive medication noncompliance, subtherapeutic [unboundmedicine.com]

Bronchial Asthma

A meta-analysis by DiMatteo et al [ 50 ] revealed that patients with a chronic disease and depression were three times more likely to be noncompliant with medical treatment [doi.org]

Depression is a risk factor for noncompliance with medical treatment: meta analysis of the effects of anxiety and depression on patient adherence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

View Article Google Scholar DiMatteo MR, Lepper HS, Croghan TW: Depression is a risk factor for noncompliance with medical treatment: meta analysis of the effects of anxiety [doi.org]

Hallucinogen Delusional Disorder

Irregular usage and medication noncompliance increases the risk for a relapse of psychotic symptoms. [villagebh.com]

Parkinsonism 332.1 Neuroleptic-Induced Tardive Dyskinesia 333.82 Nicotine Dependence 305.10 Nightmare Disorder 307.47 No Diagnosis or Condition on Axis I or Axis II V71.09 Noncompliance [savvyce.com]

o If the patient receives no benefit from antipsychotic medication, discontinue use of the drug. o In patients who respond to antipsychotic drugs, some data indicate that [slideshare.net]

Acne Vulgaris

TABLE 1 Patient demographics and disposition ENROLLED, N 97 COMPLETED STUDY, N 91 (4 noncompliant, 1 lost to follow-up, 1 protocol violation) MEAN AGE, YEARS 18.4 years (SD [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rosenberg M, Waugh MS: Causes and consequences of oral contraceptive noncompliance. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999; 180: 276–9. MEDLINE 5. [doi.org]

Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Additional contributors included medication noncompliance, a missed dose, or use of metoprolol, which has recently been shown to be inferior to nadolol in a population who [electrophysiology.onlinejacc.org]

One of those patients (no. 31) was noncompliant with medication at that time. [jstage.jst.go.jp]

[…] received both medications (5). [electrophysiology.onlinejacc.org]

Chronic Alcoholism

Clients must occasionally be discharged as noncompliant, which reinforces to the chronic relapser that he/she can no longer successfully live on self will. [addictionpro.com]

While treatment requires constantly challenging this resistance, noncompliant behavior that persists beyond a reasonable amount of time or begins to interfere with others' [addictionpro.com]

Obesity

Noncompliance with behavioral recommendations following bariatric surgery. Obes Surg 2005 ;15: 546 - 551 Citing Articles (1519) Letters Article Figures/Media [dx.doi.org]

Correcting for noncompliance and dependent censoring in an AIDS clinical trial with inverse probability of censoring weighted (IPCW) log-rank tests. [dx.doi.org]

Schizophrenia

These patients present with problems ranging from exacerbation of symptoms to medication noncompliance, adverse effects to medications, or a socioeconomic crisis that arises [emedicine.medscape.com]

Neuroleptic noncompliance in schizophrenia. In: C.A. Tamminga & S.C. Schulz (red.). [directievetherapie.nl]

If a patient is noncompliant with his/her medication, you might be able to give them their regularly prescribed doses of antipsychotics. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Hyperlipidemia

We presumed that all medications were actually taken as prescribed. Overestimation of the actual ingested dosage may occur due to some degree of noncompliance. [journals.plos.org]

Phobia

noncompliance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] criterion design was used to examine graduated exposure treatment for blood-injury-injection phobia in an adult male with autism and intellectual disability and a history of medical [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Primary Hypothyroidism

In a patient with an elevated TSH concentration and a previous diagnosis of hypothyroidism, it is important to consider other entities besides medication noncompliance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

She had hypothyroidism after treatment of Graves disease at age 17 years but was noncompliant with levothyroxine replacement. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Todd Paralysis

Patients with a primary seizure disorder are more prone to seize in the setting of: Medical noncompliance (most common cause of recurrent seizure) Sleep deprivation Emotional [cdemcurriculum.com]

As a result, their levels are significantly affected by conditions and other medications which may affect protein binding and hepatic enzyme function. [hawaii.edu]

Long QT Syndrome 5

Data from 2 large studies64,65 indicate that mortality is 0.5% and sudden death combined with cardiac arrest reaches 1%. β-Blocker noncompliance and use of QT-prolonging drugs [ahajournals.org]

High efficacy of beta-blockers in long-QT syndrome type 1: contribution of noncompliance and QT-prolonging drugs to the occurrence of beta-blocker treatment “failures”.Circulation [ahajournals.org]

Amelogenesis Imperfecta Type 2A1

Along with poor oral hygiene, factors such as patient noncompliance affect the prognosis of prosthetic treatment.4 Esthetic crowns are sometimes used to compensate for soft [aegisdentalnetwork.com]

Secondary Hyperaldosteronism

Pseudo-resistant HTN: BP uncontrolled due to medication noncompliance, inadequate dosing, poor choice of agents, etc. [thecurbsiders.com]

Psychogenic Polydipsia

We do not always send labs on agitated patients with a psychiatric history as prescription medication noncompliance, illicit drug abuse and acute on chronic psychoses are [myemresidency.wordpress.com]

She was subsequently switched to another medication with less side effects of electrolyte abnormalities. [myemresidency.wordpress.com]

Congestive Heart Failure

Noncompliance with medications, uncontrolled hypertension, and coronary ischemia were implicated in only 7%, 2%, and 2%, respectively. [jamanetwork.com]

These include any recent infection, dietary non compliance (excess use of fluids, alcohol, or salt), medication noncompliance (especially diuretics), presence of chest pain [clinicaladvisor.com]

Medication noncompliance: Frequently, diuretics are not taken as prescribed due to the urinary side-effects. [healio.com]

Isoniazid Hepatitis

Furthermore, none of the studies formally accounted for medication noncompliance, which is prevalent in patients with TB. [journals.plos.org]

For high-risk individuals who are likely to be noncompliant and whose prophylactic therapy needs to be directly observed, a dose of 15 mg/kg twice weekly, to a maximum of [rxmed.com]

Of the 146 participants, 24 (16%) were noncompliant. [academic.oup.com]

Deprivation Amblyopia

One RCT including five patients with SDA was found, but it had investigated the effectiveness of an educational program on the predictors of noncompliance to occlusion therapy [cochranelibrary.com]

Chylomicronemia Syndrome

His medical history was also significant for type 2 diabetes mellitus. His hypertriglyceridemia had been poorly controlled, because of medication noncompliance. [omicsonline.org]

He did not use any medication for his severe hypertriglyceridemia since one year. The patient did not smoke or consume alcohol. [omicsonline.org]

Morbid Obesity

Morbid obesity is associated with liver pathology, most commonly non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) leading to cirrhosis. However, the morbid obesity impedes qualification for organ transplantation. We present a case report of a 56-year-old woman who underwent bariatric procedure followed by liver transplantation[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]