Study dispels myths about medication borrowing in urban populations
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 11:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Despite warnings about borrowing medication prescribed to other people, past studies have demonstrated that many Americans say they have used someone else's medication at least once in a given year. In low income, urban populations, this rate was stereotypically thought to be higher due to a number of factors, including a perceived lack of access to health care and higher rates of crime and drug abuse.