{"id":2693,"date":"2023-06-04T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2023-06-04T10:50:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T15:50:43","slug":"drug-costs-lead-millions-in-the-us-to-not-take-medications-as-prescribed-according-to-cdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/?p=2693","title":{"rendered":"Drug Costs Lead Millions in the US to Not Take Medications as Prescribed, According to CDC."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tMillions of adults in the United States are not taking their medications as prescribed because of costs, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

\n\nMost adults between the ages of 18 and 64 took at least one prescription medication in 2021. But more than 8% of them \u2013 about 9.2 million people \u2013 said they tried to save money by skipping doses, taking less than prescribed or delaying a prescription fill, according to the CDC data.

\nA person fastens a Becton Dickinson And Co. (BD) needle on a Novo Nordisk Inc. NovoLog brand insulin pen in a posed photograph in New York on Friday, April 5, 2019.

\n\nAlthough average drug costs did not increase in 2021, the number of prescriptions did, and that raised spending. More than a third of adults took at least three prescription medications in 2021, according to the CDC. And data from health analytics company IQVIA shows that total prescription drug costs rose nearly 5% from 2020 to 2021, to $63 billion.

\n\nDelaying or adjusting medications can lead to more serious health implications and raises the potential for even higher costs if additional treatments become necessary.

\n\nEarlier research found that about 1 in 6 people with diabetes were rationing their insulin.

\n\n\u201cThe main takeaway is that 1.3 million people rationed insulin the United States, one of the richest countries in the world,\u201d said Dr. Adam Gaffney, a pulmonologist and critical care doctor at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance and lead author of that study. \u201cThis is a lifesaving drug. Rationing insulin can have life-threatening consequences.\u201d

\nThe new CDC data shows vast disparities in how often drug costs cause people to not take their medications as prescribed.

\n\nNearly a quarter (23%) of adults without health care coverage did not take their medications as prescribed to reduce costs, compared with less than 7% of people who had private insurance.

\n\nThose living with disabilities were also about three times more like than those without disabilities to ration their medications, as were people with fair or poor health compared with those with good health.

\n\nWomen were also more likely to than men, according to the CDC data.

\n\nFor this report, researchers from the National Center for Health Statistics analyzed responses to the 2021 National Health Interview Survey, a representative survey of US households.


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