Really?? i’m 48 now, and I dont think i have ever taken anything more than Vytorin... I dont even know anyone that takes these... i’m sure some do of course... but that seems like a lot to me.
Read your local obits regularly? In my neck of the woods there’s been a big uptick in the number of 20 to 50-somethings who have “passed away unexpectedly”. Turns out many, if not most, of those are ODs.
I’m an ER nurse. Trust me, it’s more common than you think. we see it daily and we just see the ones that aren’t already DRT when they’re found.
Keep in mind that people under 50 usually don’t die. Most of us wait until later. This is really competing with things like car accidents and the occasional early death from cancer, etc.
i.e. it is a bad thing, but not as common as the headline might lead one to believe.