health literacy

Doctors Say Too Many Patients Can't Name The Drugs They Take

Doctors Say Too Many Patients Can't Name The Drugs They Take

Too many patients don’t remember the names of the medications they’re on, posing problems for doctors who are trying to treat them, warn researchers at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. About 40% of the patients surveyed “could not accurately recall what drugs they were taking,” and among those with “low health literacy,” the rate jumped to 60%.