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Elderly subjected to harmful overmedication crisis
Los Angeles area report highlights an epidemic of adverse drug reactions among seniors. Experts cite 9 million yearly adverse events and hospitalizations exceeding 200,000 annually, with 60 plus populations bearing heavy medication burdens from sleeping pills to heart and digestion drugs.
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Los Angeles
Sidney Wolfe
Public Citizen Health Research Group
Ralph Nader
U.S
Richard Kusserow
Department of Health and Human Services
Kathryn Watterson
Wolfe
Kusserow
Arizona Republic
Chuck Cook
Newhall
Calif
American Hospital Association
Food and Drug Administration
Ball Park
America
Republic
Pharmaceutical Manufactuers Association
Jeff Trewhitt
T. Franklin Williams
National Institute On Aging
Williams