title: Compliance--the root of therapy.
abstract: Successful therapy, especially if it is long-term, comprises a great deal more than choosing standard medicine. It involves both patient and doctor compliance. Patient compliance is the extent to which the actual behaviour of the patient coincides with medical advice and instructions. Even with good prescribing, failure to adhere to treatment is quite common. Its factors may be related to the patient, the disease, the doctor, the prescription and the healthcare system. These can often be avoided by careful approach. Patient does not always need medicines. Very often health problems can be solved by a change in lifestyle, diet, meditation and physiological support, etc. Success of the therapy depends on patient compliance, that can improve by proper counselling apart from appropriate medication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, MLN Medical College, Allahabad 211002.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Chaurasia
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations