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Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2019 Aug 13;6(6):1233–1243. doi: 10.1007/s40615-019-00625-5

Table 2:

Lifestyle Considerations

Sub-Theme	Barrier
Adherence	I really don’t remember to take medicine every day…that’s another reason why I never committed to taking that medicine. (34, F, Never). I’m just bad with taking medicine. I try not to get put on medicine because I’m really bad with remembering (34, F, Stopped).
Daily Medication	I don’t want to take a pill every day of my life, I don’t. That doesn’t, that doesn’t sound healthy to me, that doesn’t sound like I’m getting healthy (P34, F, Never).
Patient without access to medical care	From September to March. That’s the longest I’ve been off of it [HU] since I was in college…Didn’t have health insurance. (35, M, Current Resumed).
Too many pills	I was taking…four pills a day. . that just got really difficult for me after a while. I was just like I can’t do that anymore. …. I tried to tell him that the four pills were too much and if I could lower the dose or anything and he wouldn’t let me. ….I just stopped taking it. (23, F, Stopped).