Medication Cascade

How it works

Highlighted claims

• Medications frequently produce side effects that are treated with additional medications, creating a self-reinforcing cycle that drives prescription counts upward. — Assisted Living Overprescription Crisis
• The medications prescribed in assisted living primarily treat symptoms rather than underlying disease, and many of those symptoms are themselves side effects of prior medications or diet. — Assisted Living Overprescription Crisis
• The cascade ultimately benefits pharmaceutical companies while leaving patients chronically ill, as the root dietary cause is never addressed. — Assisted Living Overprescription Crisis