Pharmacy Times July 27, 2024
Sandy Chery, PharmD, MBA, RPh, Latrice Roebuck, PharmD, CPh, Jazz-Lynn Butler, PharmD, CPh

One of the most important drivers of a patients’ uncontrolled hypertension is medication nonadherence.

Hypertension is one of the most common health conditions worldwide. It increases the risk of heart attack, heart disease, and stroke, with heart disease and stroke being 2 of the leading causes of death in the United States. Based on the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Guidelines for hypertension management in adults, hypertension is defined as having a systolic blood pressure (SBP) greater than 130 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure (DBP) greater than 80 mmHg.1 According to the CDC, 119.9 million adults have hypertension, which translates to 48.1% of the population.2 With this fact being known, only about 25% of adults with...

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