Family practice
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Lifelong secondary prevention medication is recommended after stroke or transient ischaemic attack. However, poor medication adherence and persistence, which lead to suboptimal health outcomes, are common, but the reasons for this are not well understood, mainly because there have been few studies reporting adherence barriers in stroke survivors. ⋯ This synthesis suggests that the burden of 'medicines work' after stroke is substantial and multifaceted. Its successful undertaking depends on mutual trust between stroke survivors, carers and health care professionals and trust in the benefits of medicines themselves.