Beliefs on which individual Japanese patients with chronic diseases attach value in order to take medicines without anxiety were potential factors for intentional non-adherence. This emphasizes the necessity of a patient-oriented approach to take account of patients' personal beliefs about medicines to increase adherence rate in Japan.
The rapid progression of drug information disclosure after enactment of the Pharmacist Law revision has likely resulted in drastic changes in patients' perception of their medications and led to improvements in medication adherence.
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