Many Patients Fail to Take Drugs After Heart Attack
by Rodney Tanaka
February 25, 2008
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By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter
A quarter of the people who survive heart attacks don’t take the drugs prescribed for them after they leave the hospital, a new study finds.
That failure to adhere to medication increases the patient’s risk of dying in the next year, Canadian researchers say. Read the full article >>