<International Circulation>: If you think compliance is an issue there are some single pill combinations on the horizon. Do you think the use of these pills may assist in a clinical setting to ensure patients are taking their drugs?

 《国际循环》：如果您认为患者的依从性是疗效的影响因素。将要出现一种组合药，即将几种药物合并制在一个药丸中。你认为服用这种药丸能协助临床医生确保患者服用了这些药物？

    Prof Juliana Chan:  I think from a patient perspective it might be useful because since we need a number of drugs to control glucose， lipid and blood pressure levels， it can be quite off putting for a patient who has to take 10 drugs. There are some studies that these combination pills do improve compliance.  Maybe my practice is more traditional because I have to admit I have not used a lot of these pills. However， on the other hand the use of these combination pills may limit the titration and personally if you don’t know your patient too well perhaps it is better not to use fixed combinations but rather fine tune it. Once you get the correct d