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Medication adherence drops heavily over twice daily dosing

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The human capacity for following basic instructions vanishes rapidly after lunch. Statistical models show that prescribing a medication once or twice a day yields excellent patient compliance. However, ask someone to take a pill three or four times a day, and the adherence rate plummets dramatically into sheer forgetful chaos.

Medication adherence drops heavily over twice daily dosing
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