The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States

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Prescription costs are a common health care costs for many people and also the source of economic hardship for some.

A medication (also referred to as medicine, pharmaceutical drug, or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

In medicine, compliance (also adherence, capacitance) describes the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice.

Prescription drug prices in the United States have been among the highest in the world.