What is medication management & who should consider it?
What is medication management?
Our team uses medication management as a way to ensure your health and safety when taking prescription medications. Medication management is used by several specialists to ensure that patients get the most out of each medication and get the desired effect.
Mental health problems often require the use of medications to relieve their symptoms. When you have anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, or ADHD, our team prescribes cognitive behavioral therapy and medications to give you the best chance of overcoming these conditions.
Psychiatric medication management works differently for each person and for each condition. Our team uses management strategies to check your progress, evaluate side effects, and adjust your dose when necessary. The primary use of medication management by our team is to ensure your safety while taking psychiatric medications and to monitor your progress.
How does medication management work?
When you enroll in our medication management program, our team gets to work right away. Your first date with the team is quite complicated. During the appointment, our team evaluates your physical and mental health. They ask you about your current medications and medications you have taken in the past. You may need lab tests to check your levels of certain medications.
Once our team has a complete picture of your mental health, they prescribe the medication they think is best for you and your symptoms. After you start taking the medication, you will need follow-up appointments so our team can monitor your progress. These follow-up appointments include our team evaluating your symptoms and evaluating any unwanted side effects of the medication.
If necessary, the team adjusts your dosage for more desirable effects or changes your medication entirely.
Medication management is a level of outpatient treatment that involves the initial assessment of the patient’s need for psychotropic medications, the provision of a prescription, and ongoing medical follow-up related to the patient’s use of psychotropic medications by a physician or qualified prescriber. Medication management includes monitoring, reconciling medications, and ensuring patients achieve desired outcomes. It requires a thorough review of prescribed medications and their potential side effects to create treatment plans and monitor their safety and effectiveness.
Patients are struggling to understand the effects of their regimen
In addition to knowing what medications should be taken and at what dosage, there are several factors that a patient may not understand about prescribed medications, including reactions to other medications, side effects, and other problems that can affect recovery. In many cases, a healthcare provider must thoroughly address these issues, which can be done with a medication management plan.
Patients should understand the purpose, safety, and effectiveness of their medications, as well as the potential risks of mixing them with foods or supplements. Understanding why they need to take certain medications in specific ways can also encourage them to take a more active role in managing their medications and their overall mental health.
Patients who are not experiencing the desired results
Some patients experience health complications despite taking the right medication management services at the right doses. But in many cases, incorrect dosage and simple carelessness are what make psychiatric therapy ineffective.
Managing a patient’s therapy and medication plan together can solve this problem. Monitoring a person’s medication intake not only ensures that the patient takes medications consistently but also reduces complications that arise from habitual misuse of medications.
Why Medication Management is Essential
If you are taking one or more medications for your mental health, you should consider starting our medication management plan. It’s worth it, as sometimes medications are difficult to manage on their own.
Our team encourages medication management for several reasons, including:
- It helps you control side effects
There is a chance that any medication could have undesirable side effects on your body. Our team recognizes this and monitors you closely for any side effects early on.
Assume your side effects are mild and the medication works another way. In that case, the team may recommend that you continue taking the medication. However, if you have serious side effects, our team will act quickly to find another medication suitable for your condition.
- Promotes effective results
Our main goal is to find a treatment that works for you. If this means going through several medications, we are ready.
Each medication works differently on you than on another person. Our team understands the ins and outs of psychiatric medications and works hard to find one that precisely fits your needs for the most effective results.
- Avoid interactions between medications
Some psychiatric medications do not interact well with other drugs. Our team carefully considers your other medications to ensure there are no drug interactions that could deter you from continuing your treatment.
Medication Management Will Help You
Find long-term well-being by implementing effective treatment plans and medical follow-up. These may include medications, therapy, and other lifestyle changes.
At SOZO Wellness Centers, you can expect complete privacy, self-respect, and support. This is from your first appointment until the end of your medication management treatment. Let this practice help you on your healing journey!
