I visited the topic of Unfilled Prescriptions a few years ago. It seems that the issues leading to not filling the prescriptions or what is sacrificed in order to fill them have not changed.
According to the report, "Patient Compliance, Disease Management and Consumer Outreach, " 20% of new prescriptions go unfilled, while up to 85% of prescriptions never get refilled. The leading factor for non-compliance is believed to be a break-down in communication between patients and physicians. Another contributing factor is the costs of the medication for those with and without medical insurance.
One way to cut down on the costs is to ask if there is a generic equivalent. Be careful, there are some medications that are not exactly equivalent. Discuss this your medications and this your health care provider.
Karen Rowan, Managing Editor for MyHealthNewsDaily has put together some information regarding this topic as well. You can heck it out as well.
