%0 Journal Article
%T Monitoring compliance to an experimental treatment in an asymptomatic population
%A Patr¨ªcia de Jesus Ribeiro
%A Sonia Maria de Oliveira Barros
%A Durval Rosa Borges
%J Einstein (S£¿o Paulo)
%D 2008
%I Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
%X Objective: To develop strategies and to monitor patient¡¯s adherence to the follow up of the experimental treatment of secondary cholestasis in its isolate chronic form with portal hypertension. Methods: Experimental study made with 11 patients. Ursodeoxycholic acid was administered in the dosage of 15 mg/kg/day twice a day for 45 days. Evaluation of adherence was performed using pill count strategy and interviews. Rresults: The variation during pill count had no influence on the patient¡¯s laboratory results. Serum activity of ¦ÃGT normalized during treatment, returning to increased levels after interruption of medication. Cconclusions: The strategies developed were effective presenting a significant laboratory result regarding the decrease of ¦ÃGT serum activity.
%K Patient compliance
%K Schistosomiasis
%K Health education
%K Ursodeoxycholic acid/administration & dosage
%U http://apps.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/895-Einsteinv6n3p274-7.pdf