Table 3. Taking an Adherence History

  • What are your routine daily activities (awakening, meals, work, bedtime, and so forth)?
  • How and when do you take medications relative to routine activities?
  • How often are doses missed? Which ones?
  • Do you believe any medications cause side effects? Which ones?
  • Have any social or emotional problems interfered with adherence? Are they resolved?
  • If any medication has been stopped, interrupted, or taken other than as prescribed
    • When did that happen?
    • For how long?
    • Were all medications stopped and then restarted simultaneously?