{"id":936023,"date":"2026-10-21T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936023\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T10:00:09","slug":"taking-medicines-for-a-chronic-condition-8-ways-to-avoid-common-treatment-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936023\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking medicines for a chronic condition? 8 ways to avoid common treatment mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Living with a chronic condition means medicines become part of daily life for years, and often for life. India has a large and growing population managing conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, asthma and other non-communicable diseases. <br \/>(Author: Dr. Sabine Kapasi, CEO at Enira Consulting Pvt Ltd, Founder of ROPAN Healthcare Pvt Ltd, and a UN Advisor)<br \/>A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis found that medication non-adherence among Indian patients with type 2 diabetes ranged from 11% to 68% across studies, with a pooled estimate of 48% among studies using the eight-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale. Treatment complexity, polypharmacy and difficulties accessing healthcare were among the factors associated with poor adherence. The problem is often not knowing that a medicine is needed but taking it correctly and consistently over time.<br \/>In 2023 a systematic review of 22 randomized controlled trials in India found moderate evidence that patient education and reminder systems can improve medication adherence in people with chronic diseases. <br \/>Following 8 habits can help make it easier and safer to manage long-term treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Living with a chronic condition means medicines become part of daily life for years, and often for life.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[502803,64,63,502798,137,502801,502799,490,502800,502802],"class_list":["post-936023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-asthma-medication-adherence","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chronic-condition-medication","tag-health","tag-high-blood-pressure-management","tag-india-diabetes-treatment-adherence","tag-medication","tag-medication-non-adherence","tag-polypharmacy-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}