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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

Price stops 1 in 6 US adults with asthma from taking their life-saving medications as prescribed

The cost of medication to treat asthma, the chronic lung disease, is stopping one in six US adults from taking their medication as it has been prescribed, researchers warned Monday.

Furthermore, failure to stick to drug treatment was associated with nearly doubling the risk of an asthma attack and a more than 60 percent heightened risk of visiting an emergency department, they said.

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