Healthy people's reluctance to take medication is underestimated. Study shows that healthy people's attitude to cardiovascular primary prevention is complex

• Physicians often assume that patients have a negligible aversion to lifelong medication and that medication disutility is almost zero. While a large number of patients are willing to take a lifelong primary prevention therapy that allow them to live longer, there is a group with extreme medication disutility desiring 10 years or more in life expectancy in order to consider therapy. Also, the expected benefits of medication often exceed the real benefits. When initiating medication the patients should be actively involved in the decision-making process. An individualized approach could potentially increase the adherence to therapy.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Farmaceutiska vetenskaper (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Pharmaceutical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

attitude to health

Cardiovascular Diseases

human

medication compliance

patient participation

primary prevention

Humans

Medication Adherence

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

art (subject category)