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The Medication is Working

Commentator Elissa Ely tells the story of a patient who reliably appeared for every appointment... her monthly chart notes showed she was doing very well and the medication seemed to be keeping things stable. As it turns out, she never was taking the medication, but fooled all her doctors.

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