It found that about 11% of them said they misused
prescription drugs in the past year, and of those, 44% had multiple sources for the drugs.
Hales, M.D., M.P.H., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Canadian Health Measures Survey to describe use of
prescription drugs among adults aged 40 to 79 years.
"Research by the federal government has shown that
prescription drug abuse is a large driver of opioid addiction, and that the majority of abused
prescription drugs are obtained from family or friends, often from a home medicine cabinet," the search giant wrote in a blog (https://www.blog.google/topics/public-policy/national-drug-take-back-day/) post .
Under Part D,
prescription drug coverage can be provided by a stand-alone Medicare Part D plan --prescription coverage only--or a Medicare Advantage plan that includes prescription coverage.
The Elmhurst Police Department is sponsoring a
Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this month.
Only 8% of PDP enrollees who used eHealth's
prescription drug coverage comparison tool were currently enrolled in the PDP providing optimal coverage for their
prescription drugs, according to the data entered by online users.
Up until now, HMOs and insurance companies have been subsidizing consumer
prescription drug purchases through nominal "co-pay" arrangements.
IN 2014,
PRESCRIPTION DRUG UTILIZATION DECLINED BY 4%.
Some powerful OTC drugs such as anti-inflammatories (ibuprofen) and anti-ulcer agents (cimetidine) have made the transition from
prescription drugs to OTC because of the accumulation of the long-term data on safety and efficacy.
In addition, by definition,
prescription drugs costs are spread among everyone in a given health insurance pool.
• “Using
prescription drugs to get high is safer than using illicit drugs, like cocaine or heroin.”