Did you know that the average person over the age of 65 in America takes seven different medications every day -- four prescribed and three bought at the pharmacy without a prescription. One-third of these people will suffer some adverse medication event that requires a hospital visit. Ten to 15 percent of all emergency room visits are related to medication reactions in seniors. "There has never been a controlled study on a human being involving more than three drugs circulating in the body at the same time... For reasons I've never understood," says Dr. Williams in his newsletter, Alternatives, "most doctors don't seem to have a problem prescribing multiple medications. When questioned, they typically will say the drugs they recommend are safe and have minimal, if any, side effects."
Information from Alternatives by Dr. David Williams, volume 16. number 1, page 3.
