We’re treating more people with medications that could potentially help them, but when people have four or five chronic conditions, medications quickly balloon to a large number.

Michael Steinman

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If a person is talking with their doctor about the medications they’re using, they should be talking about all the medications they’re using.

Michael Steinman

The message for doctors is that we need to be more proactive about asking patients about things going on in their lives and the different therapies they're using, and there's really a lesson in there for patients, that it is really useful for doctors to know which therapies you're taking, even if they're things the doctor didn't prescribe.

Michael Steinman