Patients adherence is always a problem to healthcare provider, but if the healthcare provider can know exactly the "unique habit "of their patient in taking a specific medication, the physician or pharmacist in charge of the specific patient can actually make dosage adjustment and design a specific regimen for that particular patient eg: for patient with bad adherence, the pharmacist can actuallychange the dosage from 2tablets per day to 1 tablet daily by doubling the dose of single tablet PROVIDED it is not overdose and within therapeutic index.
BUT how can the pharmacist or doctor be able to capture the exact habits of patient s in taking their medication in order to design them the best regimen which can increase their compliances and adherences towards their medication ? This may be difficult in the last decad ,
BUT with new technology known as proteus smart pill this is no longer a problem.
The Proteus smart pill is embedded with an ingestible microchip that is activated by stomach acids. When the pill reaches the patient's stomach, it transmits data to a patch applied to the skin. The patch can then send the information to physicians or caregivers via e-mail or text message.
If successful, the pills will give health care professionals an unprecedented amount of data on patients' medication habits. They could also monitor how well a drug is working and whether it needs adjusting. Despite some concerns about privacy, the idea has been well received by regulators.
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