{"id":583,"date":"2024-11-01T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost.localdomain\/wpmu\/guides\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2024-11-22T23:08:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T23:08:50","slug":"adherence-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\/adherence-tips","title":{"rendered":"Adherence tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1674\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/files\/2009\/06\/clock.gif\" alt=\"Clock\" width=\"131\" height=\"111\" \/>Tips to help<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Find out what is involved before you choose your treatment:\n<ul>\n<li>How many tablets?<\/li>\n<li>How big are they?<\/li>\n<li>How often do you need to take them?<\/li>\n<li>Is this at night or in the morning?<\/li>\n<li>How exact do you have to be with timing?<\/li>\n<li>Are there food restrictions?<\/li>\n<li>Are there easier options?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This makes it easier to chose ART that fits with your daily life.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use a weekly pill box.<\/strong> Then you can see if you miss a dose. If your clinic does not provide one, most chemists sell one for about \u00a32 \u2013 a good investment. i-Base can sometimes provide these free \u2013 call the phoneline for details.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plan your <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/starting\/adherence-diary\/\">timetable<\/a>.<\/strong> For the first few weeks, mark the time that you take each dose.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use the alarm on your mobile phone<\/strong> or watch for all doses. Then take your meds when it beeps! Perhaps set the alarm just after the right time, so it is a reminder and not something you rely on.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Link to another daily routine<\/strong> \u2013 for example brushing your teeth in the morning or at night.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you travel, take additional drugs<\/strong> with you in case flights or other arrangements change.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep an emergency supply<\/strong> where you might need them \u2013 at work or a friend\u2019s house etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ask a friend to remind you<\/strong> at difficult dose times, for example, when you are out at night.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ask how other people manage<\/strong> and if they have tips. Your clinic or support group can usually arrange for you to talk to someone who is taking the same ART.<\/li>\n<li>Contact your clinic if you have side effects. They can prescribe additional drugs to help or change the treatment if needed.<\/li>\n<li>Many combinations are taken once-daily. This usually means taking them every 24 hours. Twice-daily drugs need to be taken every 12 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16006\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dosette.png\" alt=\"7 day doesette\" width=\"640\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dosette.png 640w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dosette-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips to help Find out what is involved before you choose your treatment: How many tablets? How big are they? How often do you need to take them? Is this at night or in the morning? How exact do you &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1547,"menu_order":38,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-583","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17417,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583\/revisions\/17417"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}