Image via WikipediaBy NICHOLAS BAKALARIf you are taking a prescription medicine and you are older than 60, it is probably a cholesterol-lowering drug. If you are 20 to 59, it is more likely to be an antidepressant.
These are just two findings from a recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics on the increasing use of prescription drugs from 1999 to 2008.
Among people older than 60, the researchers found, about 88 percent were using at least one medicine, and more than two-thirds were taking five or more.
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