Landmark Study of Prescription Drug Use Finds High Proportion of Preventable Adverse Drug Event

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"A report on...Medicare enrollees' prescription drug use, published in...'the] Journal of the American Medical Association, 'AMA] found that 42% of adverse drug events judged to be 'serious, life-threatening or fatal' were deemed preventable....

"The research involved an examination in 1999-2000 'released in 2003] of nearly 28,000 Medicare enrollees in a New England medical group practice." Emphasis added.

DETAILS: For our part, it reinforces our attitude that doctors make too many mistakes. They are not Gods, although many patients treat them as such. When facing treatment, it may be advisable to find out what medical science has discovered since the doctor left medical school. And especially what foods, vitamins and herbs have been PROVEN to be helpful.

Landmark Study of Prescription Drug Use Finds High Proportion of Preventable Adverse Drug Event Bibliography

Journal of the American Medical Association

National Council on Patient Information and Education