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Seniors are known to skip, delay or space out medications because of cost concerns, but new data show that working-age adults are actually twice as likely to engage in these methods.

In the National Health Interview Survey, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 8.5 percent of adults ages 18 to 64 surveyed didn't take medications the way their doctor had told them to, 5.3 percent reported they missed a dose on purpose, 5.6 percent took less than they were told to and 7.2 percent delayed filling a prescription.

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