We live in one of the most unhealthy and over-medicated societies in the world.
Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half take at least two prescriptions. Twenty percent of U.S. patients have five or more prescriptions. There are also too many patients taking eight, 10, 15, 20 or more prescription meds (read my article about Johnny Cash who, when I first consulted with him, was taking 40 prescription meds).
Without a doubt, drug use is a big theme of our society. The largest and most serious problems occur with prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications their use far outpaces alcohol, heroin, cocaine and marijuana combined.
A recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine (2015;175(5):827-834) says that, over-prescription of drugs is being increasingly recognized today as inappropriate and unnecessary by the medical community.
Click link below to read the rest of the article: