The blue pill or the red pill? For patients with lifelong chronic conditions, the choice is often not one or the other, but both. At different times of days, or in different combinations, taking daily medication can be a difficult thing to keep up with. Yet not complying with medications can cause severe setbacks to the treatment process and the patient's condition.

Describing it as a serious issue that needs addressing, Dr. Kenneth Fong talks about the pitfalls and challenges of keeping up with medication. 

<p>The blue pill or the red pill? For patients with lifelong chronic conditions, the choice is often not one or the other, but both. At different times of days, or in different combinations, taking daily medication can be a difficult thing to keep up with. Yet not complying with medications can cause severe setbacks to the treatment process and the patient's condition.</p>  <p>Describing it as a serious issue that needs addressing, Dr. Kenneth Fong talks about the pitfalls and challenges of keeping up with medication.&nbsp;</p>

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