What are the dangers of taking too many medications?

Answer by  wrestler88 (192)

If you have 6 prescriptions or more, you have a 50% chance of having a bad drug interaction.

Answer by  DactyL (326)

The dangers of taking too many medications include and are not limited to: Heart disease, addiction, permanent side effects, suicide, non suicidal death, blackouts, hallucinations, nightmares, impaired driving accidents, and potentially breaking the law. Common medications are attributed to several mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, social anxiety, a sense of worthlessnes, sleep walking, and much more.

Answer by  mammakat (11147)

Addiction, nausea, conflict that cause other medications not to work, but most importantly- DEATH. I'm not kidding. Medicines have specific purposes- taken without knowledge of how they work together- DEAD.

Answer by  jennyanydots (294)

With each medication, the possibility of adverse drug to drug interactions increases. Also, the liver's ability to deal with the additional load needs to be monitored carefully.