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Does adherence to medical therapy improve long-term survival after myocardial infarction?

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boxed-textRasmussen JN et al. (2007) Relationship between adherence to evidence-based pharmacotherapy and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction. JAMA 297: 177–186

This paper reminds us that the physician must make drug regimens as user-friendly as possible and inquire about actual use at every visit, if the prescription is to realize its lifesaving potential

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The synopsis was written by Alexandra King, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. J Avorn is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,

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