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by viraptor 605 days ago
Are you asking me specifically? Then yeah, I have executive functions issues, like a not insignificant number of tech people here. So the idea of "just form a habit" just doesn't apply the same way in that group.

If you're asking in general, then the statistics show this is a problem in general population. Regardless of the specific reasons for it, people can't take daily pills perfectly on schedule.

"Compliance to antihypertensive treatment was found in only 15% of the patients." (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15942423/)

"In the treatment of HIV and AIDS, adherence to antiretroviral agents varies between 37% and 83% depending on the drug under study (10, 11) and the demographic characteristics of patient populations" (https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/42682/9?sequence...)

When you look at this as a population overview and you say you're got a routine and have a 100% compliance rate - you are the anomaly! But that also means your "just do ..." does not generalise for multiple reasons.