Pharmacist FAQ's
Remembering when and how to take your medications properly can be a challenging task. Use our Pharmacist FAQs to answer frequently asked medication questions.
Do we take our medications properly?
Unfortunately many people do not take their medications correctly. Some interesting statistics include the following:
- More than 50% of people do not take their medication as prescribed.
- 20% of people take less medication than prescribed by their doctor.
- 12% of people do not take any medication at all, even after purchasing the medication.
- 12% of people do not get their prescription filled at all (for some health conditions, this figure reaches as high as 50%).
- 30% of people stop taking a medication before they are scheduled to.
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