What is Medication Management?

Medication management is the process of monitoring, optimizing, and ensuring the safe use of medications for treating a patient’s health condition.

Assessing Medications

• Involves assessing a patient’s current medications.
• Determines the effectiveness of the prescribed drugs.
• Checks for potential drug interactions.
• Includes adjusting medication dosage as needed.
  
  

Conditions Addressed

• Can address a range of health conditions.
• Examples include chronic pain.
• Also includes hypertension and diabetes.
• Can be beneficial for managing depression.
  
  

Key Benefits

• Leads to improved medication adherence.
• Helps minimize potential side effects.
• Aids in avoiding harmful drug interactions.
• Ultimately contributes to better health outcomes.
  
  

Importance of Understanding

• Miscommunication or misunderstanding can be problematic.
• Can lead to medication errors.
• May result in adverse drug reactions.
• Could lead to uncontrolled symptoms.
  
  

Continuous Collaboration

• It is important to understand that medication management is a continuous process.
• Requires collaboration among healthcare providers and patients.
• Ensures optimal medication dosing.
  
  

Overall Goal

• The primary goal is to ensure optimal therapeutic outcomes.
• Aims to improve the overall health of the patient.
• Enhances the patient’s quality of life.