... 10 Most Common Reasons People Go to Doctor (con.)
counting for 33.6% of all doctor's visits
based on this study. Rather than looking to
pre-existing treatments.
Back problems
Talk about another category that can
have a bevy of problems ranging from
something as minor as a muscle pull
to some serious like pain caused by
cancer. Back problems were named in
nearly one-quarter (23.9%) of all doctors' visits and have the potential to be
a big moneymaker for big pharmaceuticals and investors. anti-inflammation products like Tylenol to alleviate
non-serious back pain.
Cholesterol problems
High cholesterol at the No. 4 spot
(named in 22.4% of all doctor's visits
by respondents) might be the first truly
expected ailment that appeared on this
list. As I mentioned earlier, with more
than a third of this nation's adults being obese, this group of people runs a
considerably higher risk of developing
obesity-related complications, which
can range from high blood pressure
and high cholesterol, to more immediately serious diseases like cancer.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs have the
potential to make a meaningful and
long-lasting impact on improving
the quality of life for a good chunk of
Americans, which is why pharmaceutical companies are investing so heavily in new medications now.
Merck's cholesterol absorption inhibitor Zetia, delivered a far bigger effect on reducing LDL-cholesterol (the
bad kind) than either Lipitor or Zetia
could on their own in trials. Liptruzet's
LDL-reduction totaled 53% to 61%
as compared with Lipitor and Zetia,
which demonstrated LDL-reductions
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