Table 1.
Methotrexate | Leflunomide | Hydroxy- chloroquine |
Sulfasalazine | All DMARDs | Prednisone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients who received
the prescribed drug |
76 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 107 | 56 |
Prescribed days, mean (SD) | 650 (185) | 503 (255) | 637 (205) | 577 (242) | 591 (198) | 603 (230) |
Days under electronic monitoring mean (SD) |
451 (254) | 379 (269) | 494(245) | 303 (334) | 421 (247) | 437 (263) |
% Doses taken as prescribed mean* (SD) |
63(20) | 71(18) | 63 (23) | 58 (29) | 64 (19) | 70 (20) |
% Underdosing mean* (SD) |
22(18) | 24(16) | 34 (23) | 41 (30) | 26 (19) | 27 (20) |
% Overdosing mean* (SD) |
14(10) | 4 (8) | 2 (2) | 1 (2) | 9 (8) | 3 (2) |
Only one patient using azathioprine was monitored (not showed in the table). All DMARDs: Patients receiving at least one DMARD.
mean of the % doses taken by each patient for each drug.