Dr. Eyal Shemesh: “New Ways to Get Children to Take Their Medicines”
It's hard to get patients of any age to take medication consistently, but it's especially hard when it comes to children and teens. So some hospitals and doctors are looking for new ways to keep youngsters on their medications — and avoid the expensive and dangerous complications that can arise when they don't. At The Mount Sinai Hospital, young organ-transplant recipients and their parents are coached on the right time to shift responsibility to the patient, said Eyal Shemesh, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Behavioral Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “Mount Sinai encourages parents to start letting their children be responsible for taking medication from the age of 10 or so,” said Dr. Shemesh. Learn more