Consumer Reports has published a valuable article identifying common prescription drugs that can be dangerous for older patients. Healthcare consumers over age 65 are more than twice as likely to suffer from adverse drug reactions; the publication lists the following drugs as posing a high enough risk that they should be avoided if possible:

Antianxiety drugs [...]

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We’ve blogged here quite a bit about Michael Moore’s “Sicko” , which we hope will finally take public outrage over the top to force reform of Big Pharma.
But I think Moore is really only half the story.
The other shoe that’s dropping on Big Pharma is us — the blogosphere and social networks that are revealing [...]

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From iTWire:
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to consumers about placing orders for prescription drugs over the Internet, saying that recent cases have shown that what was delivered is not what was ordered and is putting people in hospital. In a release, the FDA said it has become aware [...]

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