Study: 70 Percent Of Americans On Prescription Drugs

[Roger Bacon]

Study: 70 Percent Of Americans On Prescription Drugs
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/06/19/study-70-percent-of-americans-on-prescription-drugs-one-fifth-take-5-or-more/

Rochester, Minn. (CBS ATLANTA) – Researchers find that nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half receive at least two prescriptions.

Mayo Clinic researchers report that antibiotics, antidepressants and painkiller opioids are the most common prescriptions given to Americans. Twenty percent of U.S. patients were also found to be on five or more prescription medications.

I thought Americans didn't have access to Healthcare or something?

Bunch of drugged up idiots....  

[Tito24]

and smoking some herbs is illegal, what a country

[liberty]

and 36% of adults are obese with half the population on welfare 

[dr.chimps]

the other 30 % are mostlikely on rec drugs and alc

First thing I thought of, too.   

[dj181]

aren't the french on even more scripts than the americant's

[Tito24]

usa is a very religious country they would never touch drugs.

[Wiggs]

We're so fucked. Opioids, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety meds, alcohol, and other hard drugs. Add in obese and cialis and viagra users in their 20s an 30s. Oh yeah, we're doing well. 

[Tito24]

yes wiggs the world has come to its end

[Wiggs]

wiggs is soo much better, hes only ever touching the "horizont gaping-widening", totaly safe for consumption mrijuana


pothead meets keetle

The drug addict speaks?  Why are you speaking drug addict/ tranny fucker?  You should keep your mouth shut and hide in shame somewhere. Stay out of my country, we have enough of your type here. Fag

[beakdoctor]

and smoking some herbs is illegal, what a country

Marijuana IS a prescription drug.

[#1 Klaus fan]

That's horrible. It's like the Russians and alcohol.

[bigmc]

[mass243]

That's horrible. It's like the Russians and alcohol.

Russia -card pulled!
Difference is, ROS government is taking heavy correcting measures, in USA they don't even admit the spiral down has begun.


Plus Russians have drank for 1000 years and still roll but no one knows if Americans can handle this even for a century 

[Roger Bacon]

Let me take my ADHD medication so that I can calm down enough to read this thread.

hahahah!!! 

[oldtimer1]

How come nobody in Africa is depressed? It's only in the country with the highest standard of living, the US.  In Africa they wonder where their next meal is coming from. They are running from lions. Dying of funky diseases. Ducking AK47 fire. Yet no one is on anti depression medicine. No one is on pain medicine. Attention deficit drugs? Everyone can pay attention there. In the US we all claim a disability. In World War II all the soldiers came back from brutal war and built the greatest nation ever. Now a huge number of soldiers are trying to figure out how to get a check for life from stress or a loss of hearing.

[arce1988]

 Great post oldtimer

[True]

Haha, what failures.

[beakdoctor]

How come nobody is Africa is depressed? It's only in the country with the highest standard of living the US.  In Africa they wonder where their next meal is coming from. They are running from lions. Dying of funky diseases. Ducking AK47 fire. Yet no one is on anti depression medicine. No one is on pain medicine. Attention deficit drugs? Everyone can pay attention there. In the US we all claim a disability. In World War II all the soldiers came back from brutal war and built the greatest nation ever. Now a huge number of soldiers are trying to figure out how to get a check for life from stress or a loss of hearing.

On average Africans life expectancy is about 30 years less than the rest of the world.

I do see your point though. For some reason that I can not understand people, for the most part, love being victims. They love sympathy and pity. That is why people love to cry racism, sexism, agism, homophobia, islamaphobia, you name it.

I have met so many people who claim to have some form of ptsd....then when you get down to it they are really just dealing with life. "My dad was a drinker" or "my mom died" or "my best friend was killed by a drunk driver" or "my brother has cancer"...whatever the case may be.  Now people think it is ok to take a pill to deal with another problem.

[Psychopath]

On average Africans life expectancy is about 30 years less than the rest of the world.

I do see your point though. For some reason that I can not understand people, for the most part, love being victims. They love sympathy and pity. That is why people love to cry racism, sexism, agism, homophobia, islamaphobia, you name it.

I have met so many people who claim to have some form of ptsd....then when you get down to it they are really just dealing with life. "My dad was a drinker" or "my mom died" or "my best friend was killed by a drunk driver" or "my brother has cancer"...whatever the case may be.  Now people think it is ok to take a pill to deal with another problem.

Yes, people take themselves too serious. Media has given them a false sense of reality.

[oldtimer1]

On average Africans life expectancy is about 30 years less than the rest of the world.

I do see your point though. For some reason that I can not understand people, for the most part, love being victims. They love sympathy and pity. That is why people love to cry racism, sexism, agism, homophobia, islamaphobia, you name it.

I have met so many people who claim to have some form of ptsd....then when you get down to it they are really just dealing with life. "My dad was a drinker" or "my mom died" or "my best friend was killed by a drunk driver" or "my brother has cancer"...whatever the case may be.  Now people think it is ok to take a pill to deal with another problem.

Beak, I'm trying to make a ha ha with some truth behind it.

[strongrunbox]

What a shame.

[DanielPaul]

Well I happen to be one of these who relies on an SSRI.  Low dose for General Anxiet Disorder, it helps a lot.  I have had issues with being overly anxious my entire life, that's part of the reason I started lifting and hitting the iron , it gave me a positive way to deal with anxiety.  When I first started seeing a physician about a decade ago in my early twenties all they wanted to do is shove xanax down my throat and tell me to relax, but eventually I got a descent doc who found the right drug and it helps 20 mg Lexipro daily, I still stay anxious but it's bearable.  If any of you have any serious insight on ways to deal with it without meds I'm open to suggestions anytime.  For me taking a daily med is kinda like a leash it seems but it's better than walking around half cocked all the time.  No homo on the half-cocked phrase

[arce1988]

  I wish I could get some xanax

[DanielPaul]

 

  I wish I could get some xanax

best sleep ever

[dj181]

  best sleep ever

didn't do much for me