The Barriers To Hypertensive Medication
The barriers to hypertensive medication are the perception that the medication makes patients urinate and that once they feel well, they can stop taking the medication. Patient barriers can include the understanding of hypertension and the consequences, false health beliefs, and poor compliance (Odedosu, Schoenthaler, Vieira, Agyemang, & Ogedegbe, 2012). This would fall into the non-adherence to the treatment regimen as a barrier to goal achievement (Woo & Robinson, 2016). I have also encountered patients being unable to afford the medication that is more appropriate so that they can afford less appropriate. The solution with compliance is education with culturally competent intervention and appropriate language materials for patients (James,