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. 2016 Apr;8(2):116–121. doi: 10.15171/mejdd.2016.16

Table 3 . Reasons of Nonadherence to the treatment (N=138)* .

I stopped my treatment when my symptoms were collapsed 59** 42.7%
I am tired of eating too many drugs 51 36.9%
I feel that the treatments have no effect on my recovery 27 19.5%
I can’t tolerate the side effects of drugs 18 13.0%
I can’t tolerate the rectal drugs 7 5%
I can’t tolerate the rectal drugs 11 8%
The cost of treatment is a lot, I can not afford it 17 12.3%
There is not a near drugstore to where I live 8 5.7%
Other reasons 6 4.3%

* Patients who reported nonadherence in treatment.

**Some patients have more than one reason for Nonadherence