Adherence, persistence, and medication discontinuation in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic literature review

Sikirica, Vanja; Lü, Mei; Greven, Peter; Zhong, Yichen; Qin, Paige; Xie, Jipan; Gajria, Kavita

doi:10.2147/ndt.s65721

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Adherence, persistence, and medication discontinuation in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic literature review

Published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment • Aug 1, 2014

Authors:

Vanja Sikirica

Mei Lü

Peter Greven

Abstract

Untreated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can lead to substantial adverse social, economic, and emotional outcomes for patients. The effectiveness of current pharmacologic treatments is often reduced, due to low treatment adherence and medication discontinuation. This current systema...

Subject

Medicine

Discontinuation

Persistence (discontinuity)

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