Medication Adherence

Adults who initiated HIV PrEP for the first time were six times more likely to be dispensed emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide than emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, according to study results presented at IDWeek.

Patients who used the Reliever Digihaler System had greater odds for better asthma control compared with patients who used standard inhalers, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Data from a meta-analysis show that a 20% improvement in CV medication adherence could reduce risk for any CV event by 8% and risk for all-cause mortality by 12% among patients with CAD, researchers reported.

Visits from a community health worker were associated with improved medication adherence and inhaler technique among urban children with asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Evidence-based care informed by digital data collection led to a lower treatment burden among patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma, researchers reported at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Two analyses of large randomized controlled trials suggest that participants not taking medications as prescribed may influence treatment effects and impact study findings, researchers reported.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and more memory complaints are more likely to underreport medication adherence compared with those with fewer memory complaints, according to study data.

Most patients with differentiated thyroid cancer on levothyroxine suppression therapy do not have a thyroid-stimulating hormone level within the target range, according to study data published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Adherence to sacubitril/valsartan was relatively good, at about 86% of prescribed patients with HF, but adherence behaviors were found to vary across subgroups, according to data published in the European Journal of Heart Failure.

A digital medication adherence program with virtual video check-ins was associated with adolescent heart transplant recipients taking more of their medications as prescribed 6 months after the intervention, data from a pilot study show.