SEATTLE: This study analyzes strategies used to reduce prescription drug costs.
To save money, almost 8% did not take their medication as prescribed, 15.1% asked a doctor for a lower-cost medication, 1.6% bought prescription drugs from another country, and 4.2% used alternative therapies.
Adults aged 18–64 (8.5%) were nearly twice as likely as adults aged 65 and over (4.4%) to have not taken their medication as prescribed to save money.
The poorest adults were the most likely to not take medication as prescribed to save money…