When you’re diagnosed with a chronic or acute illness, sustain an injury, or develop a health condition, you’re most likely to be prescribed certain medication by a healthcare professional like our virtual doctor for treatment. The purpose of this prescribed medication is to alleviate your symptoms and promote healing. Healthcare providers prescribe certain dosages of relevant medicines to help with illness or injury recovery, and give specific instructions on the administration of the medication as part of their treatment plans.

However, many patients don’t follow these instructions. This may be due to several reasons. They may not have understood the directions provided, may have discontinued after experiencing unpleasant side-effects, or may not have found the medication to be effective. Forgetfulness, high costs of prescribed medication, and the increased inaccessibility toward it may also contribute to this. Whatever their reasons may be, they end up diverging from the healthcare instructions they were provided.