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Posted: 4:14 PM Sep 6, 2010
Report: Tenn. no longer most medicated; now No. 2
A statewide effort to curb over-prescribing in Tennessee has had a small effect.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A statewide effort to curb over-prescribing in Tennessee has had a small effect.
A report three years ago listed Tennessee as the most medicated state.
The Tennessean reports a recent ranking by Forbes found Tennessee now has the second-highest number of prescriptions per resident per year.
That is despite a statewide effort that includes a controlled substance database meant to curb prescription drug abuse and education programs for physicians about proper prescribing practices.
Tennesseans now take an average of 16.9 prescriptions a year. That's compared with a previous high of about 18. The national average is 11.6 prescriptions a person.
Doctors say the poor health of Tennesseans is one of the reasons they take so many medications. For example, the state is the second fattest in the country.
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Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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The doctors at the pain clinics must have lost their perscription pad or the parasites have developed a realistic whine of pain. Take the pain medication away from the TN Care parasites and we'll kill two birds with one stone. Take the pain medications away from the parasite addicts and they won't have any to sell on the streets and secondly our position in the most medicated list will improve.
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