Life course patterns of prescription drug use in the United States
I wonder how many of these are absolute benefits but not strictly needed to survive.<p>For example, allergy meds greatly improve my life on an ongoing basis, but I could do without them if I was willing to have messy sinuses and a headache on and off for a good part of the year. I was using over-the-counter meds but those stopped working and prescription ones do seem to work as replacements.<p>I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if many of the voluntary prescriptions have benefits that far outweigh their downsides.