Abstracto

Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Medication Regimens Among Patients Attending the Saidu Teaching Hospital

Gowhar Ali*

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

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Universidad Hamdard
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