Our increasing reliance on pills has resulted in a 27 per cent rise in prescriptions written by doctors in just five years. It's costing the NHS £10bn a year, £200m of which is wasted on drugs that are never used.
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NHS bill for drugs rises by £10bn every year - The Telegraph 27th August 2007
£10bn cost of a society 'addicted to pill-popping' - Daily Mail 26th August 2007
Hospitals throw out £202m of drugs - Daily Mail 27th August 2007
Pharmageddon: the prescription pill epidemic - The Independent on Sunday 26th August 2007
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