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As pharmaceutical use continues to rise, side effects are becoming a costly health issue

  • Written by Kevin Dew, Professor of Sociology, Victoria University of Wellington
As pharmaceutical use continues to rise, side effects are becoming a costly health issueIf doctors questions evidence-based medicine guidelines, they are often viewed as incompetent practitioners.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The use of pharmaceuticals is on the rise and, globally, the expenses for drugs are projected to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2021.

The ageing of populations is one of the drivers of this upward trend, but...

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