100,000 Americans Die Each Year from Prescription Drugs, While Pharma Companies Get Rich

 

 'Prescription drugs taken as directed kill 100,000 Americans a year. That's one person every five minutes. How did we get here?

 

How many people do you know who regularly use a prescription medication? If your social group is like most Americans', the answer is most. Sixty-five percent of the country takes a prescription drug these days. In 2005 alone, we spent $250 billion on them. 

I recently caught up with Melody Petersen, author of Our Daily Meds, an in-depth look at the pharmaceutical companies that have taken the reins of our faltering health care system by cleverly hawking every kind of drug imaginable. We discussed how this powerful industry has our health in its hands.' 

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