# @philsmypharmacist on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C41Vu0_uzdU
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12741212-philsmypharmacist-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/7c0a63e7ba.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-03-22T22:43:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Phil Cowley | Philsmypharmacist (@philsmypharmacist) — https://gondola.cc/philsmypharmacist

## Caption

Here are some alarming pharmacy facts-

-Drug over dose deaths in 2020 in the US- 93,331
-Drug overdose deaths in 2022 in the US - 107,941
-13.2% of Americans take an anti depressant
-$576.9 Billion spent a year on medications in America
-41% of Americans have been involved 1st or 2nd hand with medication error
-1 out of 8 pharmacies have closed since 2009
-13,232,000 prescriptions filled today in the US
-18 Million people have abused prescription meds at least once
-Hemegenix is 3.5 million a dose
-Skysona is 3 million a dose
-In the last 12 months 22.9% of Americans experienced “Medication Insecurity”
-Pharmacies are paid less now then in 2009

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- **Views:** 11,225
- **Likes:** 1,890
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- **Comments:** 52

## Tags

philsmypharmacist, safety, medications, prescriptionmedsafety, overdose, medical, healtheducation, pharmacy

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