The warnings are impressive for those people who are naughty and do not take medications as prescribed: Medication non-compliance (non-adherence), the failure to take drugs on time in the dosages prescribed, is as dangerous and costly as many illnesses Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them — C. Everett Koop, MD 10% of hospital admissions […]
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When Patients Don’t Follow their Medication Regimen
May 30th, 2011 | by joelcohen
