I have to imagine it's probably closer to 1/2 of people, maybe even a bit more, that take prescriptions. As people age they are much more likely to be taking s

I have to imagine it's probably closer to 1/2 of people, maybe even a bit more, that take prescriptions. As people age they are much more likely to be taking some prescriptions , I imagine it's quite a large percentage of people over 60. Many women take prescription birth control. Even for people who aren't taking prescriptions long-term, there's probably a fairly large percent of people at any given time that are on some prescription antibiotic, pain killer, muscle relaxer, or some other short-term medication.