Editing Medication (section)

==Usage==
Drug use among elderly Americans has been studied; in a group of 2,377 people with an average age of 71 surveyed between 2005 and 2006, 84% took at least one prescription drug, 44% took at least one [[over-the-counter]] (OTC) drug, and 52% took at least one [[dietary supplement]]; in a group of 2245 elderly Americans (average age of 71) surveyed over the period 2010 – 2011, those percentages were 88%, 38%, and 64%.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Qato DM|last2=Wilder J|last3=Schumm L|last4=Gillet V|last5=Alexander G|date=1 April 2016|title=Changes in prescription and over-the-counter medication and dietary supplement use among older adults in the united states, 2005 vs 2011|journal=JAMA Internal Medicine|volume=176|issue=4|pages=473–482|doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8581|pmid=26998708 |pmc=5024734}}</ref>