Patients are taking far too many medications. It’s time to fix that.

Medication non-adherence is a hot button topic in health care. Physicians lament patient “non-compliance” with their medical advice, and policy wonks tell us that more than half of patients do not take their medications as directed. Missed opportunities to control chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer surely do cost us untold billions […]

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