Switching over to self-administered treatment in continuous phase carries a risk of non-adherence as it conveys relaxation in treatment at a time when patients symptoms are telling that he no longer needs treatment?
Ans: The treatment during continuous phase is partially supervised and adherence is sustained by continued motivation and health education of the patient. Operationally, it may not be feasible to supervise each dose of continuation phase. However, all those patients who have a history of being irregular, alcoholics etc., should be fully supervised. Other cases that are willing to be fully supervised during continuous phase should be encouraged.
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