Medication Non-Adherence: Unlocking Key Barriers for Lasting Behavior Change
Convincing patients with chronic diseases to take their medication correctly and consistently can be difficult. Medication non-adherence creates a variety of maladaptations ranging from treatment failure to dangerous pharmacological interactions, all negatively impacting the patient’s health. The financial costs are also staggering. Hospitalizations caused by non-adherence costs upwards of $100 billion (about $310 per person in the US) annually. Since non-adherence can have many triggers, it is necessary to tackle the problem from both the individual …
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