Prescription Drug Use at Record High for Americans
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Americans, long considered one of the most medicated peoples in the world, are swallowing more pills than ever, according to a report released on Thursday by the US government.
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Aug. 19, 2004 - As the price of prescription drugs rises each year, so does the need for them by Americans who rely on statins and other modern life-saving drugs to stay alive.
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The number of Americans who have high blood pressure has increased dramatically in the past decade, with almost one-third of adults now suffering from the life-threatening condition.
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Hospital and doctor visits in the United States have surged by 20 percent in the past five years and the most commonly prescribed medications are antidepressants, according to statistics published on Friday.
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More than 1m prescriptions are made for obesity drugs a year - eight times the number dispensed seven years ago.
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Prescription drug abuse is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide, and the shift has spawned a lethal new trade in counterfeit painkillers
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WASHINGTON - Far from the expected deluge, relatively few patients with cancer and other serious illnesses have applied for generous early Medicare prescription drug coverage.    The Bush administration was planning a lottery to determine who would get the 50,000 slots included in last year's Medicare prescription drug law...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Statistics suggest Americans are more likely to die at the start of each month than any other time, and now researchers think they've found one possible culprit: mistakes in prescription drug use.
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The use of drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has more than tripled worldwide since 1993, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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The use of drugs to treat  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has more  than tripled worldwide since 1993, U.S. researchers reported on  Tuesday.
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The current account deficit of the United States hit a record high of 164.7 billion US dollars in the third quarter of this year as a result of increasing demand for imported
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More than 40 percent of Americans take at least one prescription drug, the government said in a report on the nation's health.
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The prices for about 200 prescription drugs commonly used by seniors in the United States rose nearly twice the rate of inflation, a seniors group said on Tuesday, making a case for letting the government negotiate drug prices.
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Over the past decade, the number of Americans with high blood pressure has increased significantly, suggesting an epidemic. A new report shows that one in three Americans has high blood pressure, which represents
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MONDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Many Americans are not taking all their medicines because they can't afford them, and most aren't telling their doctors about it, new research shows.
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The number of Americans without medical insurance reached a record 45 million in 2003, highlighting what many analysts say is a deepening crisis in the way the nation pays for health care.
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U.S. prescription drug sales rose 8.3 percent to $274.9 billion last year, fueled by the Medicare drug benefit, increased use of generic medicines and new treatments for diseases such as cancer and diabetes, according to a new report.