More Than Half of Americans Do Not Take Prescription Medicines as Instructed, Pointing to Growing Public Health Problem

A new omnibus survey released today by the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) and Prescription Solutions, a leading pharmacy benefit management organization and a UnitedHealth Group company and recently appointed to the NCPIE Board of Directors, finds that 54% of Americans say they do not consistently take prescriptions as instructed even though 87% believe prescription medicines are important to their health – pointing to a growing public health problem.

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