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Originally Posted by Rodney
I just read that any any given time, 44 percent of _all_ Americans are on at least one prescription med. 44 percent! Something is truly wrong with the way we've been taught to perceive health and healing, and the drug companies have a lot to do with it.
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I'm post-call and have been awake for way too many hours in a row to find the exact data, but I'm willing to bet that at least 44% of the population has at least one of the following conditions that require medication - diabetes, hypertension or obesity. I'm willing to bet that many of those people are on enough medicines to bring up the average for the rest of us. Case in point, I admitted a sweet little demented lady to my service last night who was on no less than 28 medications.
When I send her home, she'll be on 6, still quite a lot, but it's only what she needs.