“…Of these, 72.72% stopped taking the drug for less than three days (MEDEIROS and VIANNA, 2006). In a meta-analysis of 376,162 patients, Sayed relate that after 24 months, non-adherence to treatment was 43% (SAYED et al, 2012), while Hermano found 50.8% classified as potentially nonadherent and 37.7% as non-adherent to treatment (HERMANO et al, 2021). Coleta affirms that non-adherence could be related to behavioral factors (COLETA et al, 2010).…”