{"id":192,"date":"2019-05-23T13:14:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T17:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=192"},"modified":"2019-05-23T13:14:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T17:14:51","slug":"new-survey-reports-1-2-americans-takes-prescription-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2019\/05\/new-survey-reports-1-2-americans-takes-prescription-drugs.html","title":{"rendered":"New Survey Reports 1 in 2 Americans Takes Prescription Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2019\/05\/pills-1885550_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"pixabay.com\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pixabay.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Almost half of the U.S. population is taking prescription drugs.<\/p>\n<p>In a survey published by the National Center for Health Statistics, approximately 46 percent of the population used one or more prescription drugs in the past 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Changing trends in prescription drug use over time may be influenced by changing disease prevalence and diagnosis, expanded treatment recommendations, and decline in the use of inappropriate or ineffective therapies,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg Quint, this is a slight improvement from 10 years prior .<\/p>\n<p>They also reported that the types of drugs Americans use vary by age group.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the most popular drug taken by adolescents between 12 to 19 years old were stimulants to treat attention deficit disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-depressants were most popular among both young and middle-aged adults aged 20-59.<\/p>\n<p>The highest share of drug use went to older adults, aged 60 and above.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of the older population used prescription drugs to combat high cholesterol, while more than one in five use anti-diabetic drugs, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think these numbers will increase over time or do you trust that the trend points to a decrease in use over time?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost half of the U.S. population is taking prescription drugs. 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