Half of Women Take Prescribed Drugs

December 11, 2014

(The Telegraph) – Half of women in England are regularly taking prescribed drugs, costing the NHS more than £15 billion a year, a major study has found. The comprehensive Health Survey for England, which provides a snapshot of the nation’s health, shows 50% of women and 43% of men took at least one medicine in the last week. Cholesterol-lowering statins, pain relief and anti-depressants were among the most common, with an average of 2.7 million items dispensed every day in the UK.