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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Mar 30, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- One in three U.S. adults who have been prescribed drugs to take regularly say they often or very often don't follow their treatment regimens, a poll found.
Some 45 percent say they have failed to take their medications because of concerns they had about the drugs themselves, and 43 percent report having not complied with their regimens because they felt the drug was unnecessary, the Harris Interactive online survey found.
Of the 63 percent of adults who have in the last year had drugs prescribed to them to take regularly, 64 percent said they simply forgot to take their medication, with 11 percent of those saying this has happened "often" or "very often," a spokesman said Wednesday.
The survey was conducted between March 16 and March 18 for the Wall Street Journal. Harris contacted a national sampling of 2,507 adults age 18 and over. The survey has a sampling margin of error of 3 percentage points.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
