Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences (ASPS)(ISSN: 2581-5423)

Editorial Volume 7 Issue 2

Medication Adherence: Fact or Fictions?

Abdul Kader Mohiuddin*

Alumni, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dhaka University, Bangladesh

*Corresponding Author: Abdul Kader Mohiuddin, Alumni, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dhaka University, Bangladesh.

Received: November 03, 2022; Published: January 01, 2023

Abstract

Abbreviations

ADEs: Adverse Drug Events; NSAIDs: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs; CDC: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; WHO: World Health Organization

Keywords: Patient Compliance; Healthcare Denials; Medication Adherence; Elderly Patient Care; Treatment Failure

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Citation

Citation: Abdul Kader Mohiuddin. “Medication Adherence: Fact or Fictions?". Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 7.2 (2023): 01-03.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Abdul Kader Mohiuddin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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