Medications

Medication Non-Adherence and Chronic Conditions

Medication non-adherence is when you do not take a medicine as prescribed. Some examples of this include: not filling the prescription, not getting refills, taking a different dose than prescribed, not taking the medicine as often as you should. What are the consequences?

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