Influence of pharmaceutical care on medication compliance and treatment effect and carotid atheromatous plaque in patients with hyperlipidemia

• In: Posters: Hospital Pharmacy Section
• At: Bangkok (Thailand) (2014)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HPS086
• By: YU, Yan-Xia (Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Pharmacy, Suzhou, China)
• Co-author(s): Shang, Er-Ning (Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, China)
  
• Abstract:

  BACKGROUND In a widely cited study, a dramatic drop-off in compliance was observed 6 months after the initiation of drug therapy, with 50% of patients discontinuing regular intake of maintenance medications for chronic conditions, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs for hyperlipidemia.Lack of medication compliance was harmful to hyperlipidemia..

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