1 in 4 stroke patients stop taking prevention medication within 3 months

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 02:56 in Health & Medicine

At least a quarter of patients who have suffered a stroke stop taking one or more of their prescribed stroke prevention medications within the first three months after being hospitalised - when the chance of having another stroke is highest - according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre and colleagues...

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