Adults Commonly Share Prescription Drugs with Friends and Family

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 08/26/2008 - 15:12

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- The patient's name on the prescription bottle may bear little resemblance to the identity of the person actually swallowing the pill.

Apparently there's a lot of risky sharing and borrowing of these medications.


 

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