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My research is mainly focused on the effects of cholesterol, saturated fat and statin drugs on health. If you know anyone who is worried about their cholesterol levels and heart disease, or has been told to take statin drugs you could send them a link to this website, and to my statin or cholesterol or heart disease books.

David Evans

Independent Health Researcher

Friday, 10 September 2010

106,000 people die in one year in the USA from prescription drugs

Published in the JAMA. 1998;279:1200-1205.

Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies
Jason Lazarou, MSc; Bruce H. Pomeranz, MD, PhD; Paul N. Corey, PhD

This study can be accessed at: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/279/15/1200
 
Lazarou found that in 1994 overall 2,216,000 hospitalized patients had serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and 106,000 had fatal ADRs, making these reactions between the fourth and sixth leading cause of death in the USA.

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