Overpill. When Big Pharma exploits mental health

The_Choice

Senator (1k+ posts)
The US has a highly developed pharmaceutical industry offering treatments for all kinds of mental disorders. Millions of Americans are being medicated for ailments as diverse as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and many others. Even young children are being put on psychiatric drugs. If parents decline such treatment, social services may intervene.

Many patients, who’ve been taking these pills for years, insist that they do more harm than good. They have experienced disturbing side effects such as suicidal thoughts, addiction and even neurological damage. A lot of patients were put on their medication as children and by the time they were legally old enough to decide for themselves, they had already become addicted. They testify that breaking their dependency on the drugs is extremely difficult because, like any habit forming narcotic, they cause severe withdrawal symptoms.


 

HamzaAfzal

MPA (400+ posts)
The healthcare sector has been turned into the full-fledged industry as big pharmaceutical companies play with the health of common people as life-saving drugs are selling on high prices and it is the responsibility of the government to control the prices and availability of life-saving medicines.
 

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