Medication non-adherence is a significant issue in chronic disease management, contributing to poor health outcomes, increased healthcare costs, and higher morbidity and mortality rates. Pharmacists, as accessible healthcare providers, play a critical role in improving medication adherence through the implementation of tailored, evidence-based strategies. This review explores the importance of medication adherence, highlights the barriers patients face, and details pharmacist-led interventions—such as patient education, medication synchronization, technology, motivational interviewing, and adherence packaging—that have demonstrated success in enhancing patient compliance and improving clinical outcomes.

Medication adherence, pharmacists, patient compliance, chronic disease management, adherence strategies, patient education, motivational interviewing