Drugs to lower lipids, such as cholesterol, came in fourth 11 percent and vaccines were fifth 11 percent. Drugs were prescribed to both men and women across all age groups, except high blood pressure drugs, which were seldom used before age Overall, women and older adults receive more prescriptions. Vaccines, antibiotics and anti-asthma drugs are most commonly prescribed in people younger than Antidepressants and opioids are most common among young and middle-aged adults. Cardiovascular drugs are most commonly prescribed in older adults.
Women receive more prescriptions than men across several drug groups, especially antidepressants: Nearly 1 in 4 women ages are on an antidepressant. This source is documented in more detail in this background article which provides information on the scope of the data, its legal basis, the methodology employed, as well as related concepts and definitions.
The interpretation of results between men and women should be done with caution as the data for women include the use of contraceptive pills and hormones for menopause. The first wave of the survey included self-reported medicine use for selected diseases, which is available here. The European Medicines Agency EMA , based in London was established to coordinate the scientific assessment of medicinal products developed by pharmaceutical companies for use in the EU and to provide independent scientific advice.
Indeed, all medicinal products for human use have to be authorised by the competent authorities before they can be placed on the EU market. Special rules exist for the authorisation of medicines for children, orphan medicines medicines for rare diseases , herbal medicines, vaccines and clinical trials. Once a medicinal product has been authorised for the EU market, its safety is monitored throughout its entire lifespan: this is done through the EU system of pharmacovigilance.
An article based on external trade statistics provides information on international trade in medicinal and pharmaceutical products. Tools What links here Special pages. Data presented in this article refer to year A third wave of the European health interview survey the source of these data will be conducted in Planned article update: February In , women in the were more likely than men to have used prescribed medicines.
Full article. Non-prescribed medicines In general, the proportions of people using non-prescribed medicine were lower than those using prescribed medicine, with the exceptions of Lithuania, Finland, Latvia, Denmark, Estonia and Poland, as well as Iceland and Norway where the proportions using non-prescribed medicines were higher.
Source data for tables and graphs Medicine use: tables and figures. Data sources Self-reported data: European health interview survey Self-reported statistics covering the health status of the population — including medicine use — are provided by the European health interview survey.
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