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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.