There’s no evidence to back a social media claim that the vast majority of prescription meds are taken in the U.S.
The company defines medicines as those that are approved and regulated by governmental agencies, he said.twice as much or more than other countries for prescription drugs.
A spokesperson for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group of advanced, industrialized nations, said IQVIA is the best known source on global medicine use. Six in 10 adults in the U.S. said they take at least one prescription drug, and a quarter take four or more,From 2015 to 2018, about 49% said they used at least one prescription drug,Cynthia Cox, a KFF vice president, said she knows of no evidence to support the idea that the U.S. consumes anywhere near 87% of all prescription medications.. Experts told us they are not aware of any research since then that supports that claim.
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