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Zdrowie i gospodarka · 6.06.2013

"Script Your Future" Medication Adherence Campaign

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of grant funds for the continuing support of a national effort to promote the importance of medication adherence to enhance the health of Americans. Medication adherence is taking medicine as directed to treat an illness or disease in order to get the best health outcome possible for each patient. Nearly three out of four Americans report that they do not take their medication as directed. One in three people never fill their prescriptions. The annual price tag for medication adherence failure is estimated to be $290 billion, and the impact on the medical system and patients from this lack of adherence may result in relapses or recurrences of medical symptoms, increases in hospital visits, or even death. FDA is committed to addressing this issue, which has enormous implications for public health and the U.S. economy, by, in part, continuing its financial and other contributions to a carefully planned, well-executed effective national campaign begun in 2010 by the National Consumers League (NCL) called "Script Your Future". To continue and enhance this important public health initiative, the Division of Health Com

Source: Federal Register — Food and Drug AdministrationOpen original release →