Significance of Proper Medication Management in New York City

A comprehensive insight to medication management can help avoid serious repercussions that may potentially arise due to improper medication regimen of patients, especially those who are taking large number of medicines (polypharmacy) in order to address chronic diseases and illness. Aspects of medication management focuses on assuring whether the medications are appropriately used, that is, whether the patient is following the proper medication regimen regardless of whether he or she is taking prescription medicines or customized medication prepared by a compound pharmacy.

Both pharmacy and prescribed medicines need to be consumed in specific doses and on proper specified time or serious complications may arise. Medication management New York City includes every minute aspect, for instance, using of the devices that issue reminders to patients to marking the lid of each medicine compartments to indicate when the doses are needed to be consumed.

Keeping a track of all the medicines that are to be taken is one of the crucial aspects in medication management where a vital part involves creating a printed medication list, specifying the dosages and how they are recommended to be used or consumed. These medication lists are then placed in the patient study charts, or provided to the patients, in order for them to track the drugs they are using and understand why these drugs are being prescribed. Medication management also involves checking and confirming that patients follow the right directions of using the medicines that are being prescribed, whether a particular medicine is to be taken with food or to be taken after or before the meal as well as the common side effects (if any) of the medications.

H.E.L.P./Harlem East Life Plan is a multi-faceted outpatient facility offering co-located services of addiction medicine, general medicine and Mental Health. Our services include:

1. Individual Therapy

2. Group Counseling

3. Medication Management (Our doctors and therapists can help monitor symptoms, watch for side effects, and make adjustments to medication to ensure a successful outcome.)

4. Education

5. Continuing Care

At HELP, each and every patient receives their own unique treatment plan customized and designed according to their individual requirements and objectives.

Contact Us:

Harlem East Life Plan 

https://www.harlemeastlifeplan.com 

Full Address: 

2367-69 Second Avenue New York, 

NY 10035 

Telephone: 212-876-2300