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M. E. Hoar
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences at Western New England College Springfield

JAMA. 1989;262(15):2091-2092.

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To the Editor.—

I have some questions and a comment for Cramer et al¹ on their article entitled "How Often Is Medication Taken as Prescribed?"

How do the Medication Event Monitoring Systems prevent or control for gratuitous bottle opening? How did you verify weekly full bottle pill counts, since the patient was asked to refill the Medication Event Monitoring Systems pill bottle? What were the patients' ages and perceived mental capacity in each group? (My experience is that free-living old and old-and-retarded persons comply less well than other groups.) How much do the Medication Event Monitoring Systems cost? Could they reasonably be applied to "difficult" patients in a free-living setting?

It is my experience that many patients with seizures have complicated drug regimens, for example, 200 mg of carbamazepine (Tegretol) with 2 tablets taken in the morning and 3 tablets at bedtime. How do Medication Event Monitoring Systems ensure . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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