Taking Medication as Prescribed: Why It Matters | https://www.inovanewsroom.org/
Taking Medication as Prescribed: Why It Matters | https://www.inovanewsroom.org/
Taking Medication as Prescribed: Why It Matters
Emmanuel Kim, PharmD, is a clinical pharmacy specialist providing support for more than 40 Inova primary care clinics. He works alongside health care providers to help patients manage and optimize their prescription medications.
Medication only works if you take it — and take it correctly. But about 50% of the time, prescription drugs aren’t effective because people don’t take them as prescribed.
Experts agree that for medicine to work as expected, you need to stick (adhere) to the medication plan at least 80% of the time. Whether your prescription is an ongoing treatment for a chronic condition or a short course of drugs to treat an infection doesn’t matter; you need to take it as prescribed. Not adhering to your prescription medication causes up to 25% of hospitalizations yearly in the United States.
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