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Startling Prescription Statistics


  • The second leading cause of death in the U.S., after motor vehicle crashes is accidental overdose from medication or illicits. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 1999 and 2004, accidental overdose from medication or illicits overdose, mostly from prescription drugs, increased 68%.
  • The number one problem in treating illness today is patients' failure to take prescription medications correctly, regardless of patient age, says the American Heart Association.
  • Some 10 percent of all hospital admissions are the result of patients failing to take prescription medications correctly.
  • According to the New York Times, studies have shown that non-compliance with prescription instructions causes 125,000 deaths annually in the U.S.