Reply #33: I think you missed something [View All]

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

Your either/or strawman is a bit depressing, Odin. These medicines can be effective for a segment of the juvenile population and still be massively over-prescribed. Both are absolutely possible. Your ad hominem attack means absolutely zippedy-shit, sorry.

If you want some real information on this issue, I suggest reading Melody Petersen's "Our Daily Meds". She began as a NY Times reporter covering Big Pharma and ended up exposing some really nasty practices, including the planned, intentional pressuring of doctors to write scripts for drugs not approved for specific conditions. Neurontin is a great example: doctors recommended it for everything from depression to itchy feet because they were paid to do so; it has recently been proven that Neurontin can drastically increase suicide risk. Her segment on Ritalin LR (?) the time-release capsule is also quite interesting.