How many pills does it take?

doi:10.1136/bmjusa.02080007

BMJ, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080007, (Published 9 October 2002)

Fillers

How many pills does it take?

Renate G Justin, MD.

Fort Collins, Colorado
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From BMJ USA 2002;August:462

My guess was that this white haired, friendly lady was about 65. I did not have a chance to ask her age because as soon asI sat down opposite her she handed me a list of about 25 problems,each one neatly written out, and next to the complaint the nameof the medication she was taking to cure that particular difficulty.For instance, next to sour stomach was written gelucil every fourhours. I counted about 20 complaints, and she was taking 80-100pills a day. After I finished going over her list, I asked howshe could remember to take all of these medicines. She pulledout a daily schedule, which revealed that she took one or moremedications every hour of theday.

I asked her to bring all her pill bottles on the second visit and I noticed that no two prescriptions came from . . . [Full text of this article]