Obesity and Diabetes
More Americans Are Using More Prescription Drugs
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 25th, 2008
More U.S. adults are taking prescription drugs than ever before, fueling $12 billion in additional spending during 2006 alone. The number of people with at least one prescription increased from 67% to 74% between 2000 and 2006, according to a new Geographic Variation in Prescription Utilization study by pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. The number of prescriptions per person rose to 14.3 from 10.8 in 2000 - a 32 percent jump.
The study correlates the climb in increased spending for antidiabetic and antihypertensive prescription drugs with rising obesity rates. The top five states (West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas) in the...
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