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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Compliance with medication regimens in asthma Adherence to inhaled glucocorticoids, slow-release theophylline, and cromolyn among 14 adolescents in an HMO. Adherence was determined by dividing the amount of medication used (based on refill rates obtained from pharmacy reimbursement-claims data) by the expected amount (based on the prescribed doses recorded in the patients' charts). Adherence with the inhaled-drug regimens was particularly low among adolescents. HMO: health maintenance organization. Data from: Kelloway JS, Wyatt RA, Adlis SA. Arch Intern Med 1994; 154:1349.