{"id":24464,"date":"2020-03-08T07:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T07:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnsalvation.net\/?p=24464"},"modified":"2022-04-12T22:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:45:41","slug":"many-people-get-kill-by-doctor-prescription-drugs-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/many-people-get-kill-by-doctor-prescription-drugs-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Many People Get Kill by Doctor, Prescription Drugs, Hospital &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Adamina, serif;\"><b>100,000 Deaths Per Year In The U.S. Caused By Prescription Drugs<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/\"><b>Mercola <\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\"><span style=\"color: #005a8c;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">reports:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 100,000 Americans die from reactions to prescription drugs each year, making this the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. The death toll from ILLEGAL drugs stands at 10,000. Houston (and every other part of the country), we have a problem\u2026.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The side effects of prescription medication can be horrific. Is it really worth taking medication if the cure is worse than the disease?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Here 26 side effects that come with many prescription drugs currently on the market.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Drainage, crusting, or oozing of your eyes or eyelids<br \/>\nSwollen, black, or \u201chairy\u201d tongue<br \/>\nChanges in the shape or location of body fat<br \/>\nDecrease in testicle size<br \/>\nSores or swelling in your rectal or genital area<br \/>\nBlue lips or fingernails<br \/>\nPurple spots on your skin<br \/>\nWhite patches or sores inside your mouth or on your lips<br \/>\nIrregular back-and- forth movements of your eyes<br \/>\nEnlarged breasts in males.<br \/>\nUnusual risk-taking behavior, no fear of danger<br \/>\nExtreme fear<br \/>\nHallucinations, fainting, coma<br \/>\nFussiness, irritability, crying for an hour or longer<br \/>\nParalysis<br \/>\nThoracic Hematoma (bleeding into your chest)<br \/>\nA blood clot in your lung<br \/>\nLiver damage<br \/>\nKidney damage<br \/>\nA lump in your breast<br \/>\nDecreased bone marrow function<br \/>\nCongestive heart failure<br \/>\nShingles<br \/>\nNerve pain lasting for several weeks or months<br \/>\nBleeding that will not stop<br \/>\nCoughing up blood or vomit that looks like coffee grounds<br \/>\nOne drug on the market, EvaMist \u2014 a treatment for menopause symptoms such as hot flashes \u2014 has possible side effects that include cancer, stroke, heart attack, blood clots, and dementia!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">But this is only a partial list of the potential side effects of prescription drugs. There are, unfortunately, many more out there.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Dr. Mercola\u2019s Comments:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Every year, more than 2 million Americans suffer from serious adverse drug reactions. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), these reactions cause about 100,000 deaths per year, making prescription drugs the fourth-leading cause of death in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Compare this to the death toll from illegal drugs \u2014 which is about 10,000 per year \u2014 and you begin to see the magnitude of the problem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">However, if you dig a little deeper you find that these reported reactions only skim the surface of what\u2019s really going on. You see, drug side effects are not always recognized as such. Doctors often attribute them to other causes, people downplay them or do not report them altogether. And when you add in other medical errors, unnecessary procedures, and surgery-related mishaps, well the modern health care system actually becomes the LEADING cause of death in the United States. Consider, for instance, that:<br \/>\nThe recorded error rate of ICU\u2019s is like the post office losing more than 16,000 pieces of mail every hour of every day, or banks deducting 32,000 checks from the wrong bank account every hour, 24\/7.<br \/>\nThe recorded medical errors and deaths equate to six jumbo jets falling out of the sky each day, 365 days a year.<br \/>\nSince 2001, a recorded 490,000 people have died from properly prescribed drugs in the United States, while 2,996 people died on U.S. soil from terrorism, all in the 9\/11 attacks; prescription drugs are therefore 16,400 percent more dangerous than terrorism. If deaths from over-the-counter drugs are also included, then drug consumption leaps to being 32,000 percent more dangerous than terrorism. And conventional medicine viewed as a whole is 104,700 percent deadlier than terrorism<br \/>\nYour Body is Not a Petri Dish<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">How can it be that clinically tested, FDA-approved drugs that are supposed to \u201ccure\u201d diseases are ending up hurting, and in some cases killing, so many people?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Because even under the BEST circumstances, such as a drug going through unbiased, stringent, long-term testing, when it is released into an uncontrolled environment (your body), anything can happen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">You may be taking another drug that interacts badly with it. Or perhaps a food you eat causes an unforeseen reaction. There are countless possibilities, and only a tiny fraction has been \u201ctested for\u201d in a lab.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">And that is under the best circumstances. Often, studies are biased, results are skewed, and drugs are put on a fast-track to be approved before anyone really knows whether they\u2019re safe. In a sense, it is all a gamble, and there are no 100-percent safe drugs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">This is why just about every time you open a newspaper or skim the news online, there is a new headline about another drug disaster: an unforeseen side effect that has harmed innocent people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">It\u2019s YOUR Body<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The take-home message from all of this is to remember that, ultimately, it\u2019s your body, and your decision what to put in it. If your doctor suggests you take a drug, do some research before you take it, because once you do, it could be too late.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Make sure you are aware of the potential side effects of the drug, read the package insert, and remember that even if it lists a side effect as rare, it can still happen to you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Many, many drugs are vastly over-prescribed and unnecessary. So make sure that you make drugs a last option, not a first choice. For example, all of the following conditions can be treated or prevented with LIFESTYLE CHANGES, yet if you go to a typical doctor, you will likely be prescribed a potentially dangerous drug instead:<br \/>\nDiabetes<br \/>\nHeart disease<br \/>\nHigh blood pressure<br \/>\nHigh cholesterol<br \/>\nInsomnia<br \/>\nI realize that it takes a massive shift in thinking to realize that your body can heal itself, and that often drugs only hinder the process. But I believe that you, and society as a whole, are ready for it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">But here\u2019s the thing: don\u2019t wait until you\u2019re sick or slowing down to make healthy changes. Do them NOW. Become an active participant in your health, and leave the horrific prescription drug side effects behind for good.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\">https:\/\/newspunch.com\/100000-deaths-per-year-in-the-u-s-caused-by-prescription-drugs\/<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Doctor and die by Gun<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\">Your doctor is FAR more likely to kill you than an armed criminal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\">It\u2019s true: You are 64 times more likely to be killed by your doctor than by someone else wielding a gun. That\u2019s because 19,766 of the total 31,940 gun deaths in the USA (in the year 2011) were suicides. So the actual number of deaths from other people shooting you is only 12,174.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\">Doctors, comparatively, kill 783,936 people each year, which is 64 times higher than 12,174. Doctors shoot you not with bullets, but with vaccines, chemotherapy and pharmaceuticals \u2026 all of which turn out to be FAR more deadly than guns.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\"><b>This is especially amazing, given that there are just under 700,000 doctors in America, while there are roughly about 80 million gun owners in America.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #252525;\"><span style=\"font-family: IBM Plex Serif, Serif;\">How do 700,000 doctors manage to kill 783,936 people each year (that\u2019s over one death per doctor), while 80 million gun owners kill only 31,940? Because owning a gun is orders of magnitude safer than \u201cpracticing\u201d medicine!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/doctors-kill-more-people-than-guns\/\">https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/doctors-kill-more-people-than-guns\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Proxima Nova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 300%;\"><b>The third-leading cause of death in US most doctors don\u2019t want you to know about<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #171717;\"><span style=\"font-family: Proxima Nova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #171717;\"><span style=\"font-family: Proxima Nova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/02\/22\/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html<\/p>\n<div id=\"bcr_UpdPnlStory\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"bcr_pnlStoryAtAGlance\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">Story at-a-glance <\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"expanderContent\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #464646;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Preventable medical errors kill around 440,000 patients each year\u2014that\u2019s more than 10 times the number of deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #464646;\">One in 25 patients end up with a hospital-acquired infection. In 2011 alone, 75,000 people died as a result. Among Medicare patients, hospital-acquired infections affect 1 in 9 patients <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #464646;\">Only 6 percent of U.S. hospitals receive top scores for preventing common drug-resistant infections. The No.1 cause of the spread of infections is lack of hand washing among nurses, doctors, and patients <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"bodytext\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><b>By Dr. Mercola<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a name=\"edn1\"><\/a><a name=\"edn2\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">Hospitals are typically thought of as places where lives are saved, but statistics show they\u2019re actually one of the most <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">dangerous<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"> places you could possibly frequent.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">1<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a name=\"edn3\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">Each day, more than 40,000 harmful and\/or lethal medical errors occur, placing the patient in a worse situation than what they came in with.<span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a name=\"edn4\"><\/a><a name=\"edn5\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">According to a 2013 study,<span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">4<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">,<\/span><span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">5<\/span><\/span> preventable medical errors kill around 440,000 patients each year\u2014that\u2019s more than 10 times the number of deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes! Hospitals have become particularly notorious for spreading lethal infections.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a name=\"edn6\"><\/a><a name=\"edn7\"><\/a><a name=\"edn8\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">According to 2014 statistics<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">6<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">7<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"> by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 25 patients end up with a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2014\/04\/09\/hospital-acquired-infections.aspx\">hospital-acquired infection<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">. In 2011 alone, 75,000 people died as a result.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a name=\"edn9\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">Medicare patients may be at even greater risk. According to the 2011 Health Grades Hospital Quality in America Study,<span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">9<\/span><\/span> 1 in 9 Medicare patients developed a hospital-acquired infection.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">Doctors, Nurses, Hospital Administrators Blamed <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><a name=\"edn10\"><\/a><a name=\"edn11\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">Over the years, hospitals have been warned they need to improve infectious control, but according to two new reports,<span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">10<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">,<\/span><span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">11<\/span><\/span> the U.S. healthcare system has largely failed to make a dent in the problem.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">On the whole, only 6 percent of U.S. hospitals receive top scores for preventing common drug-resistant infections.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a name=\"edn12\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">As reported by NBC News:<span style=\"color: #0869bd;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">&#8230;America&#8217;s hospitals are still teeming with infectious bacteria, including drug-resistant superbugs&#8230;One-third of hospitals rated by Consumer Reports got low scores on how well they prevent one of the worst infections, Clostridium difficile. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">Many are flagship teaching hospitals, like those at Johns Hopkins University or Harvard Medical School, and&#8230; the prestigious Cleveland Clinic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid the responsibility squarely on doctors, nurses and hospital administrators. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">&#8220;Doctors are the key to stamping out superbugs. Antibiotic resistance threatens to return us to a time when a simple infection could kill,&#8221; CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden told reporters&#8230; <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">These infections are not mysterious,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They&#8217;re caused by unwashed hands, rooms that are not cleaned thoroughly, overuse and misuse of antibiotics, a lack of careful hygiene in inserting catheters and other tubes, and slow detection of outbreaks&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: quot;\">There are clear simple steps. The hard part is to do them each and every time.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2016\/04\/05\/hospital-stay.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2016\/04\/05\/hospital-stay.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Bitstream Charter, Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Death By Prescription<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Bitstream Charter, Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By one estimate, taking prescribed medications is the fourth leading cause of death among Americans.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Bitstream Charter, Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By Michael O. Schroeder Staff WriterSept. 27, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Americans are taking more medications than ever before.<br \/>\nNearly 60 to 70 percent of us take at least one prescribed drug, depending upon the estimate; for many it amounts to a fistful, potpourri of pills per day. Meanwhile, new drug approvals have reached a 19-year high. It\u2019s a mark cheered notably for the swift minting of medications to tackle so-called \u201corphan diseases,\u201d rare conditions for which few or no treatment options exist. But critics say an expedited drug approval process is opening the door for riskier drugs \u2013 including many not proven to provide unique benefits over drugs already on the market.<br \/>\nEven as an opioid overdose crisis sweeps the country, another ubiquitous, insidious danger is hidden from view. There\u2019s no formal process for quantifying injuries, hospitalizations or even deaths caused by therapeutic drug use \u2013 which excludes overdose or misuse. \u201cRisk management begins with measuring things accurately, so you know what the threats are and the ones where you should be paying attention,\u201d says Thomas J. Moore, senior scientist for drug safety and policy at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. But he notes that there\u2019s no system in place or accepted methodology for developing these tallies for prescription drugs, unlike with overdoses. Health providers and consumers are encouraged to report adverse drug reactions to the Food and Drug Administration, and the agency can issue safety communications, require drug label warnings and pull drugs from the market, among other risk management measures. But the FDA says it\u2019s unable to use the incomplete adverse event reporting data to quantify overall deaths that result from therapeutic drug use.<br \/>\nThe difficulty involved in trying to estimate the toll, however, hasn\u2019t stopped Moore and other researchers from seeking to quantify how many people die annually from taking prescribed drugs \u2013 often by closely evaluating hospital admission studies. Estimates dating back nearly two decades put the number at 100,000 or more deaths annually, which includes a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998 that projected 106,000 deaths. A more recent analysis estimates 128,000 Americans die each year as a result of taking medications as prescribed \u2013 or nearly five times the number of people killed by overdosing on prescription painkillers and heroin.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say medication safety involves more than just taking drugs as prescribed.<br \/>\nMichael O. SchroederSept. 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy far the greatest number of [prescription drug-related] hospitalizations and deaths occur from drugs that are prescribed properly by physicians and taken as directed,\u201d says Donald Light, a medical and economic sociologist and lead author of a 2013 paper that detailed the estimate, entitled \u201cInstitutional Corruption of Pharmaceuticals and the Myth of Safe and Effective Drugs.\u201d \u201cAbout 2,460 people per week are estimated to die from drugs that were properly prescribed, and that\u2019s based on detailed chart reviews of hospitalized patients,\u201d says Light, who is a professor of comparative health policy at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey. The estimate, which didn\u2019t include those who died as a result of prescribing errors, overdose and self-medication, would make taking properly prescribed drugs the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S.<br \/>\nFor those taking them, prescription drugs can provide myriad benefits from treating infections that could be potentially life-threatening to preventing stroke or helping manage a chronic condition. And frequently any side effects experienced are relatively minor. However, depending upon the analysis, adverse drug reactions are estimated to result in approximately 1.5 to 2.7 million hospitalizations each year. And though following a doctor&#8217;s orders and medication labeling instructions can reduce harms associated with taking prescription drugs, simply taking prescribed drugs as directed can expose a person to significant risk.<br \/>\n\u201cMost people who are harmed by prescription drugs [are] taking the drug as prescribed,\u201d says Dr. Michael Carome, director of the Health Research Group at the consumer watchdog Public Citizen. Even the best projections of medication-related death and injury are likely underestimates of the harm inflicted, he says, since often these adverse events may be errantly attributed to another cause, like a patient&#8217;s underlying condition.<br \/>\nConversely, one difficulty in understanding the potential harm a medication may cause is that even hindsight isn\u2019t always 20\/20. It can be hard to discern the role a specific drug played when a patient develops a new health problem \u2013 particularly if a patient has multiple health conditions and is on numerous medications. \u201cSome cases are really easy to determine; some get very difficult to determine,\u201d Moore says.<br \/>\nBut while complexities present challenges to pinpointing the number, Carome says population growth and aging are likely to further increase injuries and deaths resulting from taking prescription medications. \u201cAs people get older they tend to have more illnesses, and they end up taking more prescriptions,\u201d he says, which can increase the chances drugs will interact in a dangerous way. In addition, kidney and liver function can decline with age, making it harder to metabolize drugs \u2013 thus increasing the risk of side effects.<br \/>\nAnd even a single drug taken in isolation has the potential to cause serious harm. \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a risk-free drug,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The Harm in What\u2019s New<br \/>\nFor all the hoopla that may surround certain new drugs, it\u2019s also during the time shortly after drugs are approved when safety issues often become apparent. \u201cWe have what\u2019s called a seven-year drug rule,\u201d Carome explains. Within the first seven years after a drug is approved, it&#8217;s common for safety warnings \u2013 including the FDA\u2019s strongest, the \u201cblack box&#8221; warning \u2013 to come to light, Carome says. And it\u2019s within the same period, he adds, that drugs are often withdrawn from the market because of serious safety concerns.<br \/>\n\u201cWe advise people not to take the drug for seven years\u201d after approval, he says, with exceptions only for actual breakthrough drugs, which Carome contends are few and far between. Those that offer a unique breakthrough treatment compared to what\u2019s already on the market \u2013 like those that treat orphan diseases \u2013 would be one such example. But even in those instances, because of the limited safety information available, he recommends proceeding with caution.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Haskell, president of the nonprofit safety organization Mothers Against Medical Error, says it\u2019s not just patients but doctors who frequently don\u2019t always have the full picture about risks of prescribed drugs. Even when that information is available, she adds, doctors aren\u2019t necessarily aware of every drug risk, given harried schedules and all there is to know in medicine. So doctors often rely on information drug reps provide, patient advocates say. And research finds that health providers routinely overstate the perceived benefits of drugs \u2013 as with medical procedures \u2013 while downplaying or not discussing harms.<br \/>\nHaskell\u2019s rule of thumb: If you\u2019re taking a new-to-you medication (whether newly approved or not), and you experience a new symptom, suspect the medication first. It may seem counterintuitive, and many doctors may be loathe to blame the drug they prescribed for how lousy you feel, but Haskell says it\u2019s more important that patients report such symptoms, which could be side effects. Also, ask about alternatives to the medication.<br \/>\nInfographic: Before You Pop That Pill<br \/>\nHow you can reduce your prescription drug risk.<br \/>\nNathan Hellman and Michael O. SchroederSept. 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p>While some patient advocates \u2013 as well as members of Congress \u2013 have applauded the FDA for expediting the approval process for breakthrough drug treatments, the agency has also faced sharp criticism for not doing enough to reduce the likelihood patients could be harmed by newly approved medications.<br \/>\nSince drugmaker Merck yanked the blockbuster painkiller Vioxx (approved in 1999) in 2004 due to an increased risk of strokes and heart attacks, only a few other new drugs have been pulled from the market; that includes Abbott Laboratories\u2019 agreeing to withdraw the diet drug Meridia, approved in 1997, in 2010, after it was also found to increase the risk of strokes and heart attacks. And Carome says the agency now seems reluctant to pull new drugs off the market.<br \/>\nBut the FDA asserts that neither in its approval process or post-marketing monitoring has it lagged on safety as it works to more quickly greenlight certain drugs.<br \/>\n\u201cToday, thanks to the efforts of those across the FDA, we are delivering new, lifesaving therapies to patients faster than any other developed country and more expeditiously than ever before,\u201d FDA spokeswoman Sandy Walsh wrote in an email. \u201cIn addition, we have significantly strengthened the drug safety surveillance system in the United States, modernized drug review processes, and introduced new genomic and related sciences into the drug evaluation process.\u201d<br \/>\n[See: 5 Common Preventable Medical Errors.]<br \/>\nReward and Risk<br \/>\nIn addition to monitoring drugs already on the market, the FDA has sought to meet demand for newer therapies to treat rare diseases, approving drugs in 2015 ranging from Orkambi \u2013 a therapy for the lung disease cystic fibrosis \u2013 to an enzyme replacement therapy called Strensiq to treat patients with infantile- and juvenile-onset hypophosphatasia, a bone disease that can be fatal.<br \/>\nThe 45 new medicines approved by the FDA last year provide patients with important new treatment options and will play a key role in helping them live longer, healthier lives, wrote Andrew Powaleny, a spokesman for the industry trade association PhRMA, in an email. \u201cMore than a third of the new medicines approved were first-in-class treatment options \u2013 offering a completely new way to treat diseases \u2013 and nearly half were for rare conditions. Among the new medicines are innovative cancer treatments with the potential to prolong and transform patients\u2019 lives.&#8221;<br \/>\nHowever, some health experts and consumer advocates, including Carome, say that drugs approved in areas where a range of treatment options already exist \u2013 from managing diabetes to controlling cholesterol \u2013 tend to offer little or no new benefits, compared to less costly and more proven treatments already on the market, while increasing risk. \u201cNewer patented drugs have much higher prices, and yet the vast majority of new patented drugs have been shown by independent review groups to be little or no better than older post-patent drugs that sell at generic prices,\u201d Light adds.<br \/>\nBut the FDA\u2019s Deputy Center Director for Clinical Science, Dr. Robert Temple, contends that comparing effectiveness of drugs isn&#8217;t always the best approach. \u201cSome people do better on one drug than another very similar drug and you don&#8217;t always know the reason,\u201d Temple writes on the FDA\u2019s site.<br \/>\nEven so, pills, like cars, can turn out to be lemons. So, experts say, don\u2019t assume a brand-name drug is better than a less expensive generic or even that a doctor-recommended drug is necessarily the best option for you in a particular drug class.<br \/>\nInfographic: The Promise \u2013 and Risk \u2013 of New Drugs<br \/>\nSerious medication harms can undercut benefits.<br \/>\nNancy Pham and Michael O. SchroederSept. 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p>To bone-up on drug safety information, start by going to the FDA\u2019s website to read the drug label and see reported adverse events, and check out independent analysis on drug harms. Older adults should also consider the American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria, which identifies medications seniors should avoid or use with caution. Last updated in 2012, clinicians and pharmacists say this remains a very useful and important list for seniors when weighing drug benefits against harms. Incorporate risk comparisons in discussing drug choices and alternatives with your doctor.<\/p>\n<p>As it relates to expediting the approval process for novel drug therapies, including to treat rare conditions, the FDA remains bullish \u2013 while deflecting concerns that increasing the speed of approval increases the risk for patient harm. \u201cScientific research has helped us better understand the mechanisms of a disease and allow for targeted drug development. When we see signs of efficacy early on in the development process, we need to find the fastest path to get a product on the market,\u201d Walsh says. She adds that the FDA \u201capplies the same statutory approval standard of safety and efficacy to new drugs that we\u2019ve always applied. Increased flexibility does not alter our fidelity to the science and our commitment to patient safety.\u201d<br \/>\n[See: 8 Questions to Ask Your Pharmacist.]<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Bitstream Charter, Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">https:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-news\/patient-advice\/articles\/2016-09-27\/the-danger-in-taking-prescribed-medications<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Montserrat',Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 2.62rem; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.14; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">5 Common Preventable Medical Errors<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">More Than 200,000 Preventable Deaths a Year<br \/>\nThe hospital is supposed to be a safe place. When you take a sick or injured child there, \u201cyour shoulders drop, you relax, thinking they\u2019re in good hands,\u201d says Joe Kiani, founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. \u201cThe last thing you imagine is that environment killing your child.\u201d But it happens. Each year, more than 200,000 people die from preventable medical errors and up to 20 times more suffer from errors but don\u2019t die from them, Kiani says. Here are five common medical errors \u2013 and what you can do to help prevent them.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>1. Medication Errors<\/strong><br \/>\nWrong drug, wrong dose, bad combination, bad reaction. When it comes to medications, innocent mistakes hurt about 1.5 million people each year, according to the Institute of Medicine. Arm yourself by asking hospital staff what you\u2019re taking, how much, how often and why, Kiani says. That way, when someone from your medical team comes in to administer drugs, you can match your instructions against theirs \u201cto make sure it\u2019s the right medication \u2013 and the right dose,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>2. Too Many Blood Transfusions<\/strong><br \/>\nRed blood cell transfusions are one of the most common procedure in U.S. hospitals, but nearly 60 percent globally were deemed &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; procedures by a 2011 study. Other research shows the more blood cells a patient receives, the higher his or her risk for infection. Some studies have even found the procedures to boost risk for death and disease. Before you or a loved one undergoes a transfusion, ask why it\u2019s necessary. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to speak up,\u201d says Anna Noonan, vice president of the James M. Jeffords Institute for Quality &amp; Operational Effectiveness at the University of Vermont Medical Center. \u201cThis is your health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>3. Too Much Oxygen for Premature Babies<\/strong><br \/>\nOxygen is like a drug: \u201cToo much is not good, too little isn\u2019t good,\u201d says Noonan, a registered nurse, who adds that you have to find &#8220;the sweet spot\u201d when pumping it into premature babies since an oxygen overdose can cause blindness. The Vermont Medical Center where she works has implemented guidelines that help clinicians identify that sweet spot based on the baby\u2019s weight. \u201cIt\u2019s a simple thing but a very powerful thing that obviously has very long-lasting implications,\u201d Noonan says.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>4. Health Care-Associated Infections<\/strong><br \/>\nGo to the hospital to get better, go home feeling worse. Unfortunately, on any given day, about 1 in every 25 hospital patients contracts an infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Fortunately, the most effective solution is straightforward: Remind your clinician to wash his or her hands. \u201cHand-washing is the simplest, least costly and probably the most powerful intervention that we can implement to reduce health care-associated infections,\u201d Noonan says. \u201cThe patient engagement in that is critical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>5. Infections From Central Lines<\/strong><br \/>\nOne type of health care-associated infection is caused by tubes of medicine or fluids usually inserted into large veins, which create &#8220;a highway for bacteria to get into the blood or into the bladder,\u201d says Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, associate director for Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Programs at the CDC. For patients, being proactive is key since studies show clinicians sometimes forget about lines, Srinivasan says. \u201cThat reminder from the patient can be the impetus for the treatment team to \u2026 take it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-news\/patient-advice\/slideshows\/5-common-preventable-medical-errors?slide=2<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100,000 Deaths Per Year In The U.S. Caused By Prescription Drugs Mercola reports: According to the U.S. Food<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[349,104,129],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-24464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-suu-tam-collections","category-chua-binh-duoi-qui-healing-miracles","category-english-section"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24464"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24467,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24464\/revisions\/24467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24464"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=24464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}