Prescription Drug Reactions Leading To More Senior Citizens Going To Emergency Department, Study Finds.

reports that a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in JAMA finds that one out of every 250 Americans goes to the ED due to a drug reaction in 2013 and 2014, representing an increase from 2005 and 2006. While the rate for children, teens and young adults largely stayed the same, “elderly Americans ended up in the ER at a higher rate during 2013 and 2014 than in the past, even when taking into account different population numbers during the two periods.” Drug interactions among senior citizens constituted about 35% of ED visits in 2013 and 2014, “compared with just 26% during 2005 and 2006, the CDC estimates.” https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/_/js/k=gmail.main.en.scnnZvz5130.O/m=m_i,pdt,t,it/am=IIsTHET-3_cHcWQA0JU6UWH2_fPNpfKxz73_vz9AUMhn4P_N_h_g_9iLWig/rt=h/d=1/rs=AHGWq9AISQ4UdovrWFCuwjThEUDIn5GbJg