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Drug Compliance Undermined By Affordability, Canada

According to an investigation by researchers from the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), the cost of prescription medication…

Reminder Packaging Helps Patients Take Medications As Directed

People with chronic illnesses are more likely to take long-term medications according to doctors’ instructions if the packaging includes a reminder system, according to a new review of evidence. Reminder packaging improves both the number of doses take…

Elderly In The US Find Medication Costs A Barrier To Effective Treatment

As many as one in ten elderly people in the US, registered with Medicare, do not stick to their prescribed medication because it is too expensive, according to Dr. Larissa Nekhlyudov and colleagues from Harvard Medical School. Their work, funded by the…