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Medication Safety Statistics: What Patients Need to Know About Risks and How to Protect Themselves

Medication Safety Statistics: What Patients Need to Know About Risks and How to Protect Themselves
Posted by: Alan Burity Vitulo in: Health and Medicine
25 Dec | 11:16 AM | 10

Medication errors harm over 1.5 million Americans yearly. Learn the most dangerous drugs, where mistakes happen, and how to protect yourself from deadly mistakes - even when you follow the rules.

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