Doctors warn: Taking hypertension medication at the wrong time could be dangerous

Hypertension: A Silent Threat Needing Careful Management High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, quietly affects ...
Medscape

Timely Medication Administration Guidelines for Nurses: Fewer Wrong-Time Errors?

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...
Nature

Medication time of metformin and sulfonylureas and incidence of cardiovascular diseases and mortality in type 2 diabetes: a pooled cohort analysis

The effect of duration of medication with metformin and sulfonylurea (SUs) on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and mortality events by duration of type 2 diabetes (DM) is unclear. This study aimed to ...
The New York Times

Taking Multiple Medications? You May Need to Scale Back.

Many people in the United States are taking five or more prescription drugs. That can lead to serious complications. By Knvul Sheikh Around one in five adults between the ages of 40 to 79 is taking ...
WebMD

Why Skipping Meds Is Bad, and How to Keep a Schedule

Missing a dose or two of your medications may not seem like a big deal. Americans fail to follow their doctor or pharmacist’s instructions about half the time. Sometimes the skipped doses cause no ...