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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by akjainaj on Saturday January 14, 2017 @12:38PM (#13399483)
"an average of 1,826 fewer doses" is what percent?
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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by tominous on Saturday January 14, 2017 @04:58PM (#13400799)
From eyeballing exhibits 2 and 3 in the paper, it looks like pain medication doses dropped 5-10%. That seems like a lot in only a couple of years.
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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by xkcd-sucks on Saturday January 14, 2017 @02:32PM (#13400103)
5 patients dosed once per day... Not a lot?
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Re:What’s really causing the prescription drug crisis? by akjainaj on Saturday January 14, 2017 @03:07PM (#13400278)
Yes, but without knowing what the total number of prescriptions is... it could be 50%, or 0.005%

By the way, props to your nick :)

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