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Prescription Drug Use Rises Again The percentage of Americans who

The percentage of Americans who said they took at least one prescription drug in the past month increased from 44% to 48% from 1999 to 2008, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the same time, the number of people who said they had taken two or more drugs in previous month increased from 25% to 31%, and the number of people who took five or more drugs increased from 6% to 11%, the report found. One out of every five children used one or more prescription drugs, as did 90% of adults aged 60 or older. The data came from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.