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Why Care?

Drug Side Effects
are the 3rd Leading Cause of Death in the US
   
      • Heart disease (696,947 deaths)
      • Cancer (557,271)
      • Adverse Drug Effects (218,000 deaths)*
      • Stroke (162,672 deaths)
      • Pulmonary disease (121,816 deaths)
      • Accidents (106,742 deaths)
      • Diabetes (73,249 deaths)
      • Influenza and Pneumonia (65,681)
      • Alzheimer's (58,866)

    *Alliance for Aging Research, April 2001. A Call to Action: How the 107th Congress Can Achieve Health and Independence for Americans as They Age

    *150,000 of these deaths are avoidable

These numbers are astounding, indicating that 1 in 10 deaths in the US are caused by our legally prescribed drugs. While the crisis receives frequent attention in the media, e.g., the New York Times, the healthcare industry has yet to effectively address it.

Adverse Drug Side Effects Burden the Healthcare System

Life Threatening Adverse Drug Side Effects

Daily

Annually

From Home To Hospital

4,000

1,460,000

While Hospitalized

2,000

730,000

In Nursing Homes

1,000

365,000

Total

7,000

2,555,000

  • Over 2.5 million serious (life threatening) Adverse Drug Side Effects per year.
  • Adverse Drug Side Effects cause 1 out of 5 injuries or deaths for hospital patients.
  • Mean length of stay, cost, and mortality for hospitalized Adverse Drug Effect patients are DOUBLE that for control patients who are hospitalized but do not have any Adverse Drug Side Effects.
  • Adverse Drug Effects cause 116 million extra physician visits, 77 million extra prescriptions, 17 million emergency department visits, 8 million hospitalizations and 3 million long-term admissions.

The Aging Population Fuels the Crisis

The US population is aging as boomers become seniors. This compounds the problem of Adverse Drug Side Effects as they increase exponentially with 4 or more medications. Indeed, 54% of nursing home patients are judged to have one or more inappropriate prescriptions. This plus the cadre of pharmaceuticals on the market - 22,000 drugs and growing - is making for a community with a loud voice demanding a solution.

Drug Side Effects are the 3rd leading cause of death in the US.
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References

Johnson JA, Bootman JL. Drug-related morbidity and mortality. A cost-of-illness model. Arch Intern Med 1995;155(18):1949-1956.

CDC National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 53, No. 17 (3/7/2005) for year 2002 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_17.pdf [we inserted the ADE #'s]

* Alliance for Aging Research, April 2001. A Call to Action: How the 107th Congress Can Achieve Health and Independence for Americans as They Age.

Jennifer Lunn et al. "A study of the appropriateness of prescribing in nursing homes," Int J Pharm Pract 5 (1997):6-10.[from 51% to 72% are avoidable]

Lazarou J, Pomeranz BH, Corey PN. JAMA 1998 "Incidence of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients - a meta-analysis"

Classen DC, et. al, JAMA 1997 "Adverse drug events in hospitalized patients"

Leape LL, Brennan TA Laird N, Lawthers AG ,Localio AR, Barnes BA et al. The nature of adverse events in hospitalized patients. Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study II. N Engl J Med 1991;324(6):377-384
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