Medication Compliance of Patients Attending a Pain Clinic at a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Kerpagam SR Nagarajan, Usha S. Rajah, T Kumaravadivel Dharmalingam, Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit UMS 2023
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General); RB127-150 Manifestations of disease
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36779/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36779/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36779/; https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v17i2.3884

Pain is a public health problem with profound physical, emotional, and societal costs. Conventional oral analgaesics are usually the first treatment, which is cost-effective and relatively safe. However, medication noncompliance is a serious healthcare concern. Medication noncompliance has remained...