[Compliance to drug prescriptions].
Non-adherence or incomplete adherence to drug prescriptions is common. In long-term therapy for chronic disease, it has been estimated that only half of all drug doses are taken as prescribed. In this article we discuss poor adherence in terms of prevalence, clinical significance, treatment opportunities and ethical aspects.
Institut for Rationel Farmakoterapi og Bispebjerg Hospital, Klinisk Farmakologisk Enhed. mli@dadlnet.dk
Mats Jacob Hermansson
MJ
Lindberg
Stig Ejdrup
SE
Andersen
Hanne Rolighed
HR
Christensen
Jens Peter
JP
Kampmann
D003142:Communication; D016527:Drug Costs; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis / Q000191:economics; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012646:Self Administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations