Medical drug underdosage
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- 24 Aug 2022
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WHAT IS A MEDICAL DRUG UNDER DOSAGE?
The medical drug under dosage is a condition in which a patient does not complete his or her drug dosage as prescribed by a medical practitioner. It can be within a day or fails to complete a whole dosage within a specified time. Most people in Africa fail to follow the guidelines of drug usage as prescribed by medical workers but instead use their recovery levels to determine whether to continue or complete the prescribed medical plan or not. Under dosage occurs in all age groups, ranging from children to adults though when it comes to children it is mainly a result of the failure of caretakers.
Causes of Medical Drug Under Dosage
Several have been implicated in the causes of drugs under the dosage range. This may range from the caretakers of the patients to the patients and some extent the medical workers. The specific causes are discussed below.
1. The feeling of being fine. After a few moments of drug administration, patients usually get relieved from the complications associated with the disease they are suffering from. Since they have no more pain, they usually halt the process of completing the drugs as prescribed by the medical workers which eventually leads to the drug being underdosed.
2. Negative attitude towards drugs. Some drugs have a bitter test which usually irritates people mainly children. Most children do not like bitter drugs and if given to them without a proper watch, they throw them away instead of swallowing them. Thus, the right number of drugs is not ingested which is one of the forms of underdose.
3. Lack of money to buy full dose. With the high levels of poverty in Africa and scarcity of drugs in the hospital, some patients fail to provide themselves with the right dosage. They use the little money they have to buy a smaller number of drugs which helps them to feel better but does not bring healing sometimes. The administration of a few drugs is still considered under dosage. Read More...
