People age 65 and older make up 12 percent of the U.S. population, but account for 34 percent of all prescription medication use and 30 percent ... including falls, depression, confusion ...

Research conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, ...

Each claim includes the following information: the date the prescription was filled, the patient's age, the number of days ... Part D on prescription drug use. Second, the mail-order share of ...

Prescription drug use is a problem more among middle-aged and older women. Moreover, problematic drug use varies significantly not just by gender and age but by such sociodemographic factors as ...

It's an age-old worry among many parents ... issues of adolescents more salient to their parents.” Use of any prescription drug without a doctor’s orders among 12th-graders continued to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lighted the first prescription ... “You can use our website to see how many apps exist today for depression,” he says.