#MedicalPackaging, specifically the #ChildProofCap / #SafetyCap, has again prevented an #ElderlyRelative from taking their dose of medicine.

My confidence that these things are adequately tested for usability by the frailer aged is low, very low.

More generally, the limit of the efficacy of any drug seems largely determined by the accessibility of #PatientCompliance with the required dosage.

And then there is #PostReleaseCare for #PainControl.
Demand a detailed description before surgery?
😱

Medical research, new drugs, trials, double blind experiments, exhaustive reviews, FDA, TGA, years in med school, exacting professional standards, caring for the patient, continuing professional development, teams of highly trained specialists, the whole towering edifice - immpressive huh?

But all useless unless the patient actually takes the damned pill.

#PatientCompliance - The crux of pharmacological medicine.

#NotVerySexy #Compliance #SlopInTheSystem