When patients fill a prescription, it does not always mean that they will follow through on the vital part: taking it. Taking medicine as prescribed is known as medication adherence – and it is a practice every so often neglected.
Turns out, about 60% of patients with chronic situations like diabetes or high blood pressure don’t take their medicines precisely how they are supposed to,1 and 1 in 5 patients never get their medicines filled in the first place.
That is true for mental health medicines
