MEDICATION


MEDICATION

Of people with Profound/severe disability, 23.9% took medication for Mental well-being in 2007-08. The other highest ranking medications were for Arthritis and osteoporosis (24.6%), Heart and blood pressure (23.6%), Diabetes (10.5%) and Serum lipid reducing agents (7.5%) (Graph 18).

Graph 19 examines medication taken for mental health in the last two weeks prior to interview in 2007-08. Of people with Profound/severe disability, 11.1% had taken antidepressants in the last two weeks, compared to 0.9% of people without a disability. Similarly, anxiety or nerve medications were taken by 4.8% of people with Profound/severe disability, compared to 0.1% of people without a disability.