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> It is evident that he did not adhere to the medication schedule at home as instructed. Isn't that statement totally correct? It doesn't blame anyone. It mere

> It is evident that he did not adhere to the medication schedule at home as instructed. Isn't that statement totally correct? It doesn't blame anyone. It merely concludes that he either didn't take the medication, or took (or was given) something else in addition to the medication schedule - because the doctor could tell by the numbers that something must have been taken, his body could not have produced it. The statement doesn't exclude him being poisoned, or given the wrong medicine at the pharmacy, or taking the wrong medicine by mistake. Just that the body hadn't gotten the medication specified, and only the medication specified.

guerrilla 2y ago
No, it's not correct. He did adhere to the medication schedule at home as instructed. Someone else poisoned him.
- alkonaut 2y ago
  Thats’s what I’m saying: “adhere to” in this context doesn’t mean “do your best”. It just means the medicine taken was incorrect, regardless of how that happened. If you accidentally get the wrong medication at the pharmacy or is poisoned then you didn’t get exactly and only the prescribed medicine. It’s not a sentence blaming anyone. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is. What matters to the doctor is whether the medicines and doses are correct or not. If there are bad side effects when the medicine schedule is followed then it may need to be revised. If the doctor concludes the schedule wasn’t followed then the side effects don’t necessarily mean the medicines or doses must be changed. That’s all it is. It’s a note from the doctor to himself and other medical staff. The important bit is that another doctor shouldn’t rush to conclude e.g that the dosing must change.
  - CRConrad 2y ago
    You're saying everyone else is holding it wrong. Who says it isn't you who is doing that?
  - guerrilla 2y ago
    > Thats’s what I’m saying: “adhere to” in this context doesn’t mean “do your best”. It just means the medicine taken was incorrect, regardless of how that happened. No, that's not what it means.
NBJack 2y ago
The author states they took great pains to adhere to it (i.e. alarms, timing his meals, etc.).
- alkonaut 2y ago
  Yes. And the wife (presumably) ruined that. The journal note isn’t about whether the patient did their best to follow the schedule but whether they ingested the medicine in the schedule and nothing else. In this case the doctor concluded they had not. So they hadn’t adhered to the schedule. Whose fault that was isn’t relevant to the journal note (nor implied by it)
  - CRConrad 2y ago
    Depends on how you read "that he did not adhere to the medication schedule" (emphasis added). For all we can see, he sure adhered to it.
  - ImHereToVote 2y ago
    ..... No, it's the fact that she spiked his drink with a calcium compound. Just use your common sense. It's allowed, even when it comes to women. Especially when it comes to women.
    - alkonaut 2y ago
      We were discussing whether the term “adhere” implied blame. What are you talking about?

guerrilla 2y ago

No, it's not correct. He did adhere to the medication schedule at home as instructed. Someone else poisoned him.

alkonaut 2y ago
Thats’s what I’m saying: “adhere to” in this context doesn’t mean “do your best”. It just means the medicine taken was incorrect, regardless of how that happened. If you accidentally get the wrong medication at the pharmacy or is poisoned then you didn’t get exactly and only the prescribed medicine. It’s not a sentence blaming anyone. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is. What matters to the doctor is whether the medicines and doses are correct or not. If there are bad side effects when the medicine schedule is followed then it may need to be revised. If the doctor concludes the schedule wasn’t followed then the side effects don’t necessarily mean the medicines or doses must be changed. That’s all it is. It’s a note from the doctor to himself and other medical staff. The important bit is that another doctor shouldn’t rush to conclude e.g that the dosing must change.
- CRConrad 2y ago
  You're saying everyone else is holding it wrong. Who says it isn't you who is doing that?
- guerrilla 2y ago
  > Thats’s what I’m saying: “adhere to” in this context doesn’t mean “do your best”. It just means the medicine taken was incorrect, regardless of how that happened. No, that's not what it means.

NBJack 2y ago

The author states they took great pains to adhere to it (i.e. alarms, timing his meals, etc.).

alkonaut 2y ago
Yes. And the wife (presumably) ruined that. The journal note isn’t about whether the patient did their best to follow the schedule but whether they ingested the medicine in the schedule and nothing else. In this case the doctor concluded they had not. So they hadn’t adhered to the schedule. Whose fault that was isn’t relevant to the journal note (nor implied by it)
- CRConrad 2y ago
  Depends on how you read "that he did not adhere to the medication schedule" (emphasis added). For all we can see, he sure adhered to it.
- ImHereToVote 2y ago
  ..... No, it's the fact that she spiked his drink with a calcium compound. Just use your common sense. It's allowed, even when it comes to women. Especially when it comes to women.
  - alkonaut 2y ago
    We were discussing whether the term “adhere” implied blame. What are you talking about?