Sunday, March 16, 2014

Making it worse

One in five older Americans take medications that work against each other
About three out of four older Americans have multiple chronic health conditions, and more than 20 percent of them are being treated with drugs that work at odds with each other -- the medication being used for one condition can actually make the other condition worse.
Yes, that's because when patients have side effects or don't improve, they just add another drug.