Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip
by lm28469 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @06:28AM
(#33078462)
You forget the part where the treatments can cause addiction, sexual disorders, suicides, emotional issues, cardiovascular diseases, &c.
These things are prescribed way too easily to people who have tons of others ways to get out of their issues without relying on these potentially dangerous drugs.
Medication definitely has a place, but the current trend of over prescription is very alarming.
It's so much more complex than "take that pill and you'll be happy", in lots of countries these things are prescribed by general practitioners without any kind of mental or lifestyle evaluation. You just show up there: "hey I feel down and anxious" and boom you go home with 6 months of xanax. In my country (France), 25% of people consume antidepressant in any given year, 12% are regular users, several studies concluded that out of these 25%, only 1/3rd have signs of depression [0], I know it's the same thing in other EU countries, and apparently also in the US [1]
These things are prescribed way too easily to people who have tons of others ways to get out of their issues without relying on these potentially dangerous drugs.
Medication definitely has a place, but the current trend of over prescription is very alarming.
It's so much more complex than "take that pill and you'll be happy", in lots of countries these things are prescribed by general practitioners without any kind of mental or lifestyle evaluation. You just show up there: "hey I feel down and anxious" and boom you go home with 6 months of xanax. In my country (France), 25% of people consume antidepressant in any given year, 12% are regular users, several studies concluded that out of these 25%, only 1/3rd have signs of depression [0], I know it's the same thing in other EU countries, and apparently also in the US [1]
[0] https://www.slate.fr/monde/76468/depression-medecins-prescri...
[1] https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/1...