title: Noninfectious uveitis: strategies to optimize treatment compliance and adherence.
abstract: Noninfectious uveitis includes a heterogenous group of sight-threatening ocular and systemic disorders. Significant progress has been made in the treatment of noninfectious uveitis in recent years, particularly with regard to the effective use of corticosteroids and non-corticosteroid immunosuppressive drugs, including biologic agents. All of these therapeutic approaches are limited, however, by any given patient's ability to comply with and adhere to their prescribed treatment. In fact, compliance and adherence are among the most important patient-related determinants of treatment success. We discuss strategies to optimize compliance and adherence.
authors: Unit of Macula, Department of Ophthalmology, University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Spain.
authors: Rosa
authors: R
authors: Dolz-Marco
authors: Unit of Macula, Department of Ophthalmology, University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Spain.
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Gallego-Pinazo
authors: Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain.
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Díaz-Llopis
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA ; Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA ; The Francis I Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA ; West Coast Retina Medical Group, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Emmett T
authors: ET
authors: Cunningham
authors: Vitreoretina Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ; Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors: J Fernando
authors: JF
authors: Arévalo
keywords: adherence; compliance; immunosuppressive treatment; intraocular inflammation; noninfectious uveitis; therapeutic failure