Show 1185: What Are the Risks of Too Many Meds?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Every day, an average of 750 senior Americans are hospitalized as a result of medication reactions and interactions. Part of the problem is that as we grow older and accumulate more health conditions, we also end up with longer lists of prescription drugs for them. In addition, many of us also take medicines to prevent […]

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1:09.2	Billions of dollars are spent advertising prescription drugs on TV.
1:14.0	Has that led to Americans taking too many meds?
1:17.3	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. Every day about 750 older people land in the hospital as a result of prescription drug side effects or interactions.
1:36.3	Polypharmacy is the other drug problem in America.
1:40.3	When one medicine causes a side effect, it's not unusual for the health care provider to prescribe another drug to treat that symptom.
1:48.0	Is there any way to reverse the trend towards increasing prescription drug use in America?
1:53.7	Can doctors adopt a culture of
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