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[46] 15% of older adults are potentially at risk for a major drug-drug interaction. [47] Older adults are at a higher risk for a drug-drug interaction due to the increased number of medications prescribed and metabolic changes that occur with aging. [48] When a new drug is prescribed, the risk of interactions increases exponentially.
Prescription drug overuse or non-medical prescription drug use is the use of prescription medications that is more than the prescribed amount, regardless of whether the original medical reason to take the drug is legitimate. [1] [2] A prescription drug is a drug substance prescribed by a doctor and intended to for individual use only. [3]
Some 25% of out-of-pocket spending by individuals is for prescription drugs. [296] Another study finds that between 1990 and 2016, prescription drug prices in the US increased by 277% while prescription drug prices increased by only 57% in the UK, 13% in Canada, and decreased in France and Japan. [297]
The authors conclude that, “To engage older voters, candidates for president and Congress should prioritize communicating their plans for controlling health care costs.” For more on health ...
The elderly often have multiple health conditions, and around half of all NHS medicines are prescribed for people over retirement age, despite representing only about 20% of the UK population. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The recent National Service Framework on the care of older people highlighted the importance of taking and effectively managing medicines ...
Prescription drug list prices in the United States continually are among the highest in the world. [1] [2] The high cost of prescription drugs became a major topic of discussion in the 21st century, leading up to the American health care reform debate of 2009, and received renewed attention in 2015.
PBS started in 1948 and the under co-payment prescriptions were added into the dataset from 1 April 2012. It publishes the PBS expenditure and prescriptions report every year recording prescription data in the past 12 months. The examples of data it provides are the top 50 drugs by total prescription volume and the top 50 drugs by government ...
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