Do Americans overuse prescription medications? [View all]

[hedgehog]

I'm seeing another round of articles all about how Americans are over-medicated for diseases made up by Big Pharm and/or are taking pain medications they don't need. Then of course, there is the sub-genre about how people who are depressed should just pull themselves up by the bootstraps, because of course the SSRIs are less effective than placebos. Bonus points if the article somehow connects the use of meds to being an obese couch potato.

It occurs to me that healthy people don't know what it is like to live with a chronic disease and/or chronic pain. I'm curious how one's state of health changes one's point of view regarding prescription medications.

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	I have a chronic disease and/or chronic pain, and I don't think prescription meds are overused
	1 (25%)
	I have a chronic disease and/or chronic pain , and I do think prescription meds are overused
	1 (25%)
	I don't have a chronic disease and/or chronic pain, and I don't think prescription meds are overused
	0 (0%)
	I don't have a chronic disease and/or chronic pain, and I do think prescription meds are overused
	2 (50%)
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