{"id":151,"date":"2023-01-01T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moomango.co.uk\/ttfa\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2023-01-13T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:58:06","slug":"17-what-if-i-forget-to-take-my-pills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/section-3\/17-what-if-i-forget-to-take-my-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"3.17 What if I forget to take my pills?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The following information is a guide in case you missed a dose of meds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you realise you have missed a dose, take it as soon as you remember. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT, if you only realise when you&#8217;re going to take your next dose, DO NOT\u00a0take a double dose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Almost everyone will forget or be late with their drugs at some time. But there is a difference between occasionally missing a dose, and regularly forgetting on a daily or weekly basis. You need to aim to take all your doses at approximately the right time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What if you are regularly taking your meds late or missing doses?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are missing many doses each week, please talk to your doctor. It might be better to use meds that have less risk of resistance &#8211; or in extreme cases stopping ART.<\/li>\n<li>This would only be to help support you to get a more organised schedule. Stopping ART is NOT recommended otherwise.<\/li>\n<li>This would limit your risk of resistance. You can restart treatment later when you are able to cope better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>There may be an easier combination that you can use.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some people hate lots of pills. Some hate fatty foods or having to eat breakfast. Some people will always have trouble with taking medicine at work during the day.<\/li>\n<li>All these things are important in deciding which combination will suit you best.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You have to follow your regimen everyday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adherence\u00a0includes both during the weekend, and in the different situations involved in life.<\/li>\n<li>Taking days off is a risky\u00a0way of using ART.<\/li>\n<li>There are always things that can help you to avoid missing doses, whatever your life involves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following information is a guide in case you missed a dose of meds. If you realise you have missed a dose, take it as soon as you remember. BUT, if you only realise when you&#8217;re going to take your &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":110,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/ttfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}