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Poor adherence to treatment of chronic diseases is a huge problem worldwide but, frustratingly, the cost of it continues to balloon, despite efforts such as the Long Term Conditions Service, writes former Pharmaceutical Society president Graeme Blanchard
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
