A detailed history can be quite helpful in identifying the cause of fever and a rash. A history of recent travel, woodland or animal exposure, drug ingestion or contact with ill persons should be noted. The time of year can be a clue to certain diagnoses.2â4.
Oprah On Prescription Drugs: Americans 'Take Pills Like Candy' (VIDEO) Americans don't shy away from taking pills. According to IMS Health, an estimated 16 million people in the United States use painkillers, 5 million take sleep aids and 18 million rely on some form of antidepressants.
Roughly one third of these patients had been prescribed sleeping pills such as eszopiclone (Lunesta), temazepam (Restoril), zaleplon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien).Each patient was matched to two other people of the same age, gender, marital status, ethnicity and general health who were not taking sleep aids.f you rely on sleeping pills, you might literally be putting yourself at risk of premature death. Thatâs the conclusion from a careful analysis of the records of more than 30,000 people in the Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania (BMJ Open, Feb. 27, 2012) .