Polypharmacy, defined as being on more than 5 drugs, prescription or not, is a growing problem in this country....for young and old. People go to their doc for a problem and they're given a med. They have a reaction to the med and are given another med. At the same time, they're usually self-medicating with at least one OTC med, at least occasionally. Today, it's not uncommon for docs to go ahead and give a second prescription to fight common side-effects.

And if nothing works to control the side effects? Well in the case of statins, you just gotta suck up and deal with it.

We have to get away from this "a pill can cure it" mentality!

I'm still predicting a proposal to add statins to our drinking water within 10yrs.