Question:

What happens if you forget to take your medication?

Answer:

That depends a lot on what meds you take and what problems you're taking them for. But no matter which ones you take, the schedule your doctor recommends is based on how the medicine was designed to work best. Whenever you miss scheduled doses of your medicines, you make it much more likely that they won't work as well. And sometimes, missing doses of certain medicines (like steroids, for example) also puts you at risk for side effects that will make you feel worse than you would if you stayed on schedule.