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ReviewClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2024

Not obtaining a medication the first time it is prescribed: primary non-adherence to cardiovascular pharmacotherapy.

Martin Schulz, Ulrich Laufs

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Review in Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Adherence to oral thromboprophylaxis in atrial fibrillation: an overview for clinicians.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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  6. Non-dispensed prescriptions - A nationwide descriptive study.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Martin SchulzInstitute of Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Kelchstraße 31, 12169, Berlin, Germany. m.schulz@fu-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5876-7322
Ulrich LaufsDepartment of Cardiology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2620-9323
German Medical Association · DELeipzig University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary medication non-adherence describes the situation when a first prescription for a new medication is never filled. Primary non-adherence is an important, yet understudied aspect of reduced effectiveness of pharmacotherapy. This review summarizes the frequency, impact, reasons, predictors, and interventions regarding primary non-adherence to cardiovascular/cardiometabolic drugs. The current literature reveals a high prevalence of primary non-adherence. The individual risk of primary non-adherence is determined on multiple factors, e.g., primary non-adherence of lipid-lowering drugs is higher compared to antihypertensive medications. However, the overall rate of primary non-adherence is > 10%. Additionally, this review identifies specific areas for research to better understand why patients forgo evidence-based beneficial pharmacotherapy and to explore targeted interventions. At the same time, measures to reduce primary non-adherence-once proven to be effective-may represent an important new opportunity to reduce cardiovascular diseases.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular AgentsCardiovascular DiseasesDrug MonitoringHumansRisk FactorsCardiovascular AgentsAntihypertensivesCardiovascular diseaseInitial non-adherenceMedication adherencePrimary non-adherenceStatins

Identifiers

PMID37209148
PMCPMC11269373
OpenAlexW4377137834

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