68% of Americans report taking at least one prescription drug daily. 26% take 4+ daily

Otherwise Healthy.

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strep.
And I argued with my Dr. about taking that.

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He should have just told you to enjoy your scarlet fever.

Blessed not to take any. I also stay away from Tylenol, Benadryl, and all the OTC stuff unless it’s just absolutely necessary.

0% here

Zero here, I was on about 20 when going through chemo and I absolutely hated it. I just never liked the way heavy medication makes me feel.

Whose alter is this?

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We are a staggeringly fat, sedentary, unhealthy people and we are getting crazier and crazier by the minute

That number feels right on, to me.

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I bet 99% of drugs taken by people under 50 are due to obesity and women on SSRI's.

Eh, there are a lot of Boomers. These trends are going to be highly correlated with that population trying to hold on.

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4000 responses hundreds of millions that live here

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Not a Statistics Major were you?
That's a rather large sample size that would result in a small variance.
And I noticed you chose to ignore that the 2023 survey was 6,500.
Did you want them to survey a million people?

Countries that take fractions of the pills we do have higher life expectancies

Its one big money making scheme to keep you in the healthcare economy