Sunday, June 10, 2007

100,000 Americans die each year from prescription drugs

While some people may question about the safety of nutritional supplement, it is actually a more harmful act taking prescription drugs when talking about relative risks.

While over 100,000 Americans die each year from prescription drugs taken as directed, records showed only 14 deaths of supplement use, most of which were accidental infant poisonings from dietary supplements containing iron.

(Annual Reports of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System)


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