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Knowledge gaps about side effects may increase medication nonadherence among older people – News-Medical.Net
Older people correctly ascertained basic information such as dosage and duration of use for more than 70% of the medications they were prescribed, regardless of…
Older people correctly ascertained basic information such as dosage and duration of use for more than 70% of the medications they were prescribed, regardless of whether their physician explained it during an office visit.
But when physicians failed to verbally provide information about potential side effects, people incorrectly assumed that about 55% of their prescribed medications had none. And even when physicians did discuss possible side effects, their patients incorrectly assumed there were…
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