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Deaths From Prescription Drugs Spike 25 Percent As A New Month Begins

  • January 06, 2005

The mortality rate attributed to errors in prescription drugs rises as high as 25 PERCENT above normal during the first few days of each month, according to new research. The primary cause: A beginning-of-the-month increase in pharmacy workloads and a consequent increase in their error rates. Researchers examined some 132,000 death certifcates from 1979-2000 that were classified as fatal poisoning accidents from drugs. A very small number (slightly more than 3 percent) were from adverse...
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