In the US, 31% of older adults were taking 5 or more medications per year in 2006. Five years later, that number had increased to 36% . In a Swedish population study, 17% of adults were taking five or more drugs per day in 2006. This had increased to 19% in 2014.
To make matters worse, their are few to no studies actually looking at the effects of taking multiple drugs at a time - particularly in elderly patients. The fact is, no one knows what this is actually doing to us.
Join us on this episode of Objective:Health when we explore the question: Do we really need all these drugs?
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Reader Comments
Whereas alternative herbal medicine usually has no ill effects and can be continued. These are designed to support life; pharmaceuticals are made for profit and to keep us sick - never ending patients.