When Americans have physical pain, 20 percent of them just grab a bottle of over-the-counter painkillers and wash them down without a second thought to the combinations and complications that might come with ingesting certain medications.
That’s what a survey of almost than 1,300 U.S. adults found. The national survey conducted by the Middletown, Connecticut-based U.S. Pain Foundation, with support from McNeil Consumer Healthcare, was designed to determine whether pain pill poppers were taking into consideration such factors as other meds they were on, their current overall health status, their age, among other factors.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
