Dangerous drug interactions and common drug-induced illnesses are a hidden epidemic in the USA--possibly throughout the world--where unqualified use and abuse of prescription drugs is becoming commonplace and many doctors prescribe multiple meds because they don't have the time to fully diagnose.
In the United States alone known adverse drug interactions cause death, injury or hospitalization to more than 2 million people yearly, and this could be the tip of the iceberg as millions of cases go undetected or unreported.
Robert S. Gold, RPh, MBA, a clinical hospital pharmacist and...