Drug prescriptions up 33% since 2001
Dutch doctors are set to write 143 million prescriptions this year, an increase of 33% on 2001, De Pers reports on Tuesday.
Top of the list of prescribed drugs is metoprolol against high blood pressure, followed by the sedative oxazepam. Some 91% of prescriptions are repeat medications, De Pers says.
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