Other Factors Driving Trend: Pill-Taking Society Rx medications are all around us…and teens notice.
{"Image DocumentName": "Other Factors Driving Trend: Pill-Taking Society", "Image ImageDescription": "Rx medications are all around us\u2026and teens notice. Patients leave the doctor\u2019s office with a prescription in hand in 7 out of 10 visits. Direct-to-consumer advertising on TV and in magazines. Many people don\u2019t know how to safely use these medications or ignore their doctor\u2019s instructions. Prescription drugs are often a mainstay of treatment for various illnesses including migraine, infections, heart disease, diabetes, depression, arthritis, cancer and many others. TV and print media are also filled with ads for these medications. So teens may come to believe there is a pill for everything. In general, Americans aren\u2019t well informed when it comes to medication safety. Most of us need to be better educated about how to safely use, store and get rid of these medications. We\u2019ll talk about this more later.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}