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Patient Visit #3
Medication Compliance

Patient LP admitted to missing at least two doses a

week regularly. She stated there are times she does
not take her medications for the simple fact they
make her excessiely fatigued and una!le to function
throughout the day.
"ays to #mproe

"e made the suggestion of using a diided pill !ox$

howeer$ LP already uses one and the main
pro!lem isn%t that she forgets$ she &ust simply
doesn%t want to take them !ecause she will feel
tired

'nother suggestion we had was to figure out what

medication it is that is making her tired and moe
it to a night time dose$ if possi!le. (his way she
could function throughout the day while still
adhering to her medication regimen
)iscontinued Medications

Patient LP has only discontinued her Sulfonamide

eye drops since we first started to isit her

*ur patient does wish to discontinue as many of her

medications as she can +she feels that she is taking
too many,$ and will !e seeing a new doctor next
month to do a full reiew of what she is taking
'derse -eactions

LP does complain of !eing tired all day

(his could !e an aderse reaction from the ropinirole

she is taking

Patient has scheduled an appointment with a new

doctor to go oer her concerns with her medications
*(C Medications

Magnesium Oxide 400mg

.or #nflammation

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Sennosides 25 mg

Laxatie

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Muli!iamin " a#

Vitamin Supplement

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Summary of Visit #3

*erall our isit was a success. "e were a!le to

learn more a!out her medication routines and
understand her concerns. *ne !ig concern LP
had was she thought she was on too many
medications. "e suggested she make an
appointment with her physician to hae him take
a closer look at her medication list$ een possi!ly
take some away$ !ut she already had an
appointment set with her doctor to do so.
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Patient Visit #0
"ellness Strengths

Social1 Sociali2es often with family and friends. (alks to friends for support.

Physical1 Maintaining a healthy weight

3motional1 4as a positie iew of herself and feels comforta!le sharing feelings
with friends

Career1 Volunteers at church and with the pharmacy students

#ntellectual1 ery up to date with the types of things that are going on around her
in her community

3nironmental1 turns off lights and water when not in use

Spiritual1 this may !e one of the patients% strongest aspects of her health. She
says she prays all she can$ as well as !eing actie at her church. She !eliees her life
has purpose
"ellness5 'reas to #mproe

Social1 Lonely during the day.

Physical1 6ot enough time to exercise. 6ot eating many egeta!les and fruits

3motional1 6ot good at coping with stress or controlling emotions

Career1 6one

#ntellectual1 she doesn%t go out of her way to do much more than watching the
news.

3nironmental1 does not go out of her way to help the enironment and she
doesn%t recycle or use anything that is enironmentally friendly

Spiritual1 since her hus!and has passed away she has !een more depressed and
doesn%t want to get out of !ed.
"ellness Plan

Social1 Consider getting a small dog that is already trained

Physical1 (ry to schedule time for an exercise routine. Consider including more of your
faorite fruits and egeta!les on the list when grocery shopping.

3motional1 Consider the things that you7e done improe your mood when you are
feeling down$ and make it a ha!it of doing these things as positie mood reinforcement

Career1 Continue with her current olunteer work

#ntellectual1 3ery day she tries to engage in some kind of learning actiity. (hings
like crossword pu22les$ Sudoku$ or reading !ooks or maga2ines

3nironmental1 Start a recycling !in

Spiritual1 4ae her talk to her pastor a!out her hus!and%s passing. #t may help her to
cope with the loss in a more positie manner
Summary of Visit #0

(his isit also went ery well. "e were a!le to gain a
!etter understanding of LP%s oerall wellness. She
does many positie things to improe her wellness
such as olunteer$ pray$ and gets inoled with
family and friends. 4oweer$ there are still things to
!e improed on such as her state of loneliness she
says she has felt since the passing of her hus!and ten
months ago.