Patients misunderstand instructions to drugs

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her least one of the instasctions. Among people with
formation of 6 classes or below, 62.7% did not understand at least one instasction. Those
who have completed 9 years or more, is not correctly understood the instasctions in 37.7%
cases.

The study's authors believe that doctors should give patients more
specific instasctions. For example, it is better to say "take the medicine at 8 am and
8 pm, "not" take the medicine every 12 hours. "

Source material "Chicago Sun-Times".

Prepared by Anastasia Maltsev.

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