Counting pills [1] is a sufficiently validated method [2,3]. It consists of counting the medication remaining in the container, considering the time elapsed from the prescription date to the count date. Knowing the pattern or regimen of administration, we will be able to know the number of tablets that the patient should have consumed and the one that has actually taken. The formula is used: (total number of tablets consumed / number of tablets that should have consumed) x 100 to obtain the percentage of therapeutic compliance. It is inexpensive, allows a quantitative measure, is indirect and objective [1] and relatively unsophisticated, so it is applicable in the community pharmacy. However, like everything else, it has certain disadvantages: the patient may feel overly watched and the method requires considerable time to count pills, especially in the case of polymedicated patients. [1] Rodríguez Chamorro, M. Á., García-Jiménez, E., Gil, A. B., Chamorro, A. R., Pérez Merino, E. M., Faus Dáder, M. J., & Martínez Martínez, F. (2009). Herramientas para identificar el incumplimiento farmacoterapéutico desde la farmacia comunitaria Tools for the identification by community pharmacies of pharmacotherapeutic non-compliance. Pharmaceutical Care España, 11(4), 183–191. [2] Puigventós Latorre F, Llodrá Ortolá V, Vilanova Boltó M, Delgado Sánchez O, Lázaro Ferreruela M, Forteza-Rey Borrallerás J. (1997). Cumplimiento terapéutico en el tratamiento de la hipertensión:10 años de publicaciones en España. Med Clin (Barc). 109:702-6. [3] Roth HP, Caron HS, Hsi BP. (1970). Measuring intake of a prescribed medication: a bottle count and a tracer technique compare. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 11: 228-37. [4] García-Jiménez E, Amariles P, Machuca M, Parras-Martín M, Espejo-Guerrero J, Faus MJ. (2008). Incumplimiento, problemas relacionados con los medicamentos y resultados negativos asociados a la medicación: causas y resultados en el seguimiento farmacoterapéutico. Ars Pharm. 49(2): 145-57.

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Counting pills [1] is a sufficiently validated method [2,3]. It consists of counting the medication remaining in the container, considering the time elapsed from the prescription date to the count date. Knowing the pattern or regimen of administration, we will be able to know the number of tablets that the patient should have consumed and the one that has actually taken. The formula is used: (total number of tablets consumed / number of tablets that should have consumed) x 100 to obtain the percentage of therapeutic compliance. It is inexpensive, allows a quantitative measure, is indirect and objective [1] and relatively unsophisticated, so it is applicable in the community pharmacy. However, like everything else, it has certain disadvantages: the patient may feel overly watched and the method requires considerable time to count pills, especially in the case of polymedicated patients. [1] Rodríguez Chamorro, M. Á., García-Jiménez, E., Gil, A. B., Chamorro, A. R., Pérez Merino, E. M., Faus Dáder, M. J., & Martínez Martínez, F. (2009). Herramientas para identificar el incumplimiento farmacoterapéutico desde la farmacia comunitaria Tools for the identification by community pharmacies of pharmacotherapeutic non-compliance. Pharmaceutical Care España, 11(4), 183–191. [2] Puigventós Latorre F, Llodrá Ortolá V, Vilanova Boltó M, Delgado Sánchez O, Lázaro Ferreruela M, Forteza-Rey Borrallerás J. (1997). Cumplimiento terapéutico en el tratamiento de la hipertensión:10 años de publicaciones en España. Med Clin (Barc). 109:702-6. [3] Roth HP, Caron HS, Hsi BP. (1970). Measuring intake of a prescribed medication: a bottle count and a tracer technique compare. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 11: 228-37. [4] García-Jiménez E, Amariles P, Machuca M, Parras-Martín M, Espejo-Guerrero J, Faus MJ. (2008). Incumplimiento, problemas relacionados con los medicamentos y resultados negativos asociados a la medicación: causas y resultados en el seguimiento farmacoterapéutico. Ars Pharm. 49(2): 145-57.

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