All for a disease which often has no symptoms. Many patients miss anywhere from an occasional dose to most of the prescribed regimen. Others do not know how to take drops properly, and still others misuse the medications. Noncompliance can be defined as the intentional or accidental failure to comply with a physician's expressed or implied directions with regard to taking medications. The most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic advances techniques are of little importance if the patient is noncompliant.
Noncompliance often leads to blindness in patients with glaucoma.
Examples of Noncompliance Failure to take medications. This includes missed doses, premature cessation of therapy, and ineffective methods of taking medications. This last problem is especially pertinent to instilling eye drops. Taking too much medication. Taking a drug for the wrong reason.