The first step to staying on your medication is understanding what you are taking and why. Ask your doctor what you are being treated for and how each medicine helps. For example: If you are taking a statin, you should know that it is for lowering your LDL-cholesterol to lower your heart disease risk.
Daily reminders are often helpful when scheduling your medication doses. Try to time taking your medicine around activities that you do daily such as setting your alarm clock, brushing your teeth, eating your meals, going to work, or doing other daily activities. Other ways to help yourself remember to take your medicine could be:
If you have tried these tricks and still have trouble remembering your medicine, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. It may be possible to simplify your medication schedule or to put your medicine in special containers called blister packs to help you.
Source:
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
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