Professor
Simon Maxwell, from the University of Edinburgh, said Britain has
reached a ‘tipping point’ where many elderly people are taking five or
more drugs – when they often do not need to.
He
insisted that life-saving drugs are only a ‘minuscule’ proportion of
the vast array of expensive tablets being prescribed, which often carry
the risk of side-effects.
And he
warned of the ‘subtle’ psychological impact that taking a large array...
