Drug Recall Statistics
- Two-thirds of all
doctor’s visits result in patients being prescribed drug therapy.
- The average number of
drugs ordered or provided per doctor visit is 2:1.
- The percent of persons
using at least one prescription drug in the past month was 45 percent.
- About 1.6 billion
individual drugs are ordered or provided each year.
- About 85% of all
adults age 65 or older are on at least one type of medication, and the
average person is taking three different prescription drugs at any given
time.
- According to the
Center for Disease Control (CDC), in 2006 nearly 350,000 people died due to
drug interactions or reaction.
- In 2004, among the
45-54 year age range death by unintentional overdose of prescription drugs
surpassed the amount of people in that age range killed in automobile
accidents.
- Approximately 16,500
NSAID deaths occur every year among patients with rheumatoid arthritis or
osteoarthritis.
- In 2005, over half of
the prescribed medications were antidepressants.
- It is estimated that
antidepressants work for 35% to 45% of the patients they are prescribed to.
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