I am a physical therapist therapist visiting elderly patients in their homes and assisted living I attest to the fact that pharmaceutical companies are doing more damage than good
They are overmedicated because it is easy. I am elderly but I maintain my control over the Drs. I take only 1 prescription that for HBP...
Every Dr. appointment, he seems to have ONE more pill he thinks I should have......NO I won't. I can tell he is not happy.
Side effect....this, this, this, this and last but not least I may lead to death. Sure send me a boatload, not. Mother in law had one pill after another and each time developed something else that called for another pill.
The VA and DOD hospitals are over medicating, too. Owned by the drug companies.