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Tue 09 Sep 2009Half of patients don't finish course of drugs
MORE THAN half of all patients prescribed medication for depression stopped taking their drugs before the course had ended, according to new research released yesterday.
When asked why they stopped taking their medication, two out of five patients said they felt better or didn’t need to take it anymore. The remaining patients said they believed the medication did not agree with them, physically or mentally.
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