Why do patients stop taking their medication? 3 reasons: reminders, money and communication. Nonadherence is costly, physically dangerous, unnecessary and important. One in four patients prescribed antihypertensives stop them within 6 months. One in three patients are off their statins within [...]
Last week I covered common reasons people stop taking their medications: reminders, financial/physical barriers, and poor communication. This week, money. But saving real money appears to be with reminders (last week) and communication (next week). Even bigger money? Small lifestyle changes that [...]
Why people stop taking their prescribed medications is really important, because everyone loses. The patient and her family lose the needed medical effect. The clinician and clinic lose a tool. Employer and health insurance company lose an employee’s health and dollars. Pharma company loses [...]