Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Medication Regimens Among Patients Attending the Saidu Teaching Hospital
Adherence mean to which extent patient follow healthcare providers’ medical advice. It include both dosing regularity and time of intake. Many physicians face the problem of non-adherence among the hypertensive patients due to which patients fail to give proper response to antihypertensive therapy. During the first year of therapy 16 -50% patient stop the antihypertensive drugs. It has been estimated that 30-50% patients precisely adhere to antihypertensive therapy. In short for better treatment adherence is very important
Gowhar Ali*
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