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Preventing Senior Accidental Overdoses

Preventing Senior Accidental Overdoses is critical

Preventing Senior Accidental Overdoses is no laughing matter.  The CCC has estimated that ovr 100,000 people die every year from medication errors.  These are not just over dosing errors. 

CDC’s Medication Safety Program monitors adverse drug events (ADEs) across the country and uses these data to improve medication safety through better partnerships and policies.

These numbers include the effects of not taking the pills at the right times in the right dose. 

  • 83 % of  seniors take at least one prescription medication and 30 percent take five or more
  • ADEs lead to  over 1.4 million emergency department visits
  • ADEs lead to 350,000 hospitalizations each year
  • $3.35 billion is spent on unnecessary procedural costs from ADEs 
  • 35-40% of costs related to ambulatory (non-hospital) ADEs could be eliminated.

Many of Med-Q Pill Box with alarms readers have come up with many smart ways of avoiding senior overdosing and under dosing.  If you had an experience with an accidental overdose with your loved one. Please share your story to help others.