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Clinical Consequences of<br />
Nonadherence Are Severe<br />
• ~50% of patients who discontinue/do not take<br />
antipsychotics will relapse within 3 to 10<br />
months 1,2<br />
• Relapse rates are much higher in nonadherent<br />
patients 3<br />
§ 69% of patients with poor adherence relapsed compared<br />
with 18% of patients with good adherence (NNT=2)<br />
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Blackwell B. Clin Pharmacol Therapy. 1972;13:841-848. 2 Hirsch SR, et al. Schizophrenia. Oxford,<br />
England: Blackwell Science; 1995:443-468. 3Morken G, et al. BMC Psychiatry. 2008;8:32.
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