The cost of medication for depression is staggering. It not only takes a HUGE toll on the American wallet but it can alter personalities and it poses an unacceptable health risk including homicide and suicide. We continue to be brainwashed by the pharmaceutical companies. Back in the 1960s cigarette ads were banned from TV. It's time for the same ruling on these drugs. You know that TV commercial with the sexy girl giving free cigarette samples? Their tag line is that it's time we see the tobacco companies free samples for what they really are. Well, the drug pushers in the pharmaceutical industry are even worse. The small excerpt from Susan Brady's article below says it all.
Harris Meyer, D.C.
Body Focus Health Center
580 Market St., Mezzanine Level
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-956-3226
Antidepressant Use Rises Among Americans
By Susan Brady
Published: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Consumer Reports stated that their “survey shows that a combination of therapy and medication works best <for depression>,” however the marketing push by pharmaceutical companies has won over customers. That marketing push cost $300 million in 2009 for just Cymbalta and Pristiq alone. Television ads, print ads, discount coupons, free samples for doctors to dispense—these two drugs are known in most households in America whether they use them or not.
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