Pharmaceutical drugs have become big business. In one recent year pharmacy and drug stores sales totaled over $231 billion, in the United States alone. Consider these statistics, 2.6 billion prescription drugs were ordered by doctors or pharmacies during or after a visit with physicians in one year. Over 75% of medical visits include drug therapy […]
Category: Clinical storage and distribution
Why Are Pill Bottles Designed the Way They Are?
Did you know that nearly 70% of people in the U.S. are taking a prescriptive drug, while more than half of the population takes two? What’s more astounding than that is the fact that one-fifth (20%) of patients are on five or more medications. While it’s plain to see that the vast majority of Americans […]
