@Cyber LibertyI am not surprised at this finding. If the numbers were checked further, one would likely find it is elderly people who die from not being sharp enough to take these pills, and the number of them, at doctor directed times.
A doctor can't go home with these elderly people to make sure the right number of pills are being taken at safe times.
When I go to the ortho/pain specialist, the waiting room is full of elderly patients, usually in wheelchairs or walkers - only a few patients look to be in their younger years.
On my last visit about three weeks ago, there was an elderly woman by herself who talked to me, and she was going to get a shot for her lower back, where they put her to sleep to do it. She started asking me questions because she was afraid of having bad pain after the shot. Where was the doctor who should have told her this shot was not going to be painful when she woke up? I wish I could have gone with her to calm her. Is she with it enough to take her pills right?
Every pill I take for whatever, is put in a holder for each day so I know I took them, or forgot to take them, and took the correct dose at each time of the day. I fill it once a week and it's done until the next week.
How do you here make sure your pill taking is right?