Mother’s Little Anti-Psychotic Is Worth $6.9 Billion A Year

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Americans spent over $7.5 billion on one drug over a one-year period ‒ more than any other medication. And yet no one knows how the powerful pill works. But that doesn’t keep Big Pharma from marketing it for a multitude of disorders.


The best-selling drug in America isn’t what you think—and it’s a whole lot more powerful than you’d expect.


Quick: what’s the top-selling drug in the United States?


Prozac? Viagra? Maybe something for heart disease?


Nope—


The answer is actually...


The Daily Beast




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Sal

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yoza....that is shocking: Abilify (aripiprazole) is an antipsychotic medication. It works by changing the actions of chemicals in the brain. Abilify is used to treat the symptoms of psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (manic depression).

I know people are super messed up in lots of ways but antipsychotic? REALLY, schizophrenia?

it's a psychotropic drug for god sake and it would appear as if they hand it out like candy...it alters your brain chemistry in a massive way

my guess would have been Prozac...I felt better with my guess....
 

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I think we may all have come to the conclusion that for the most part doctors are no longer able to prevent health issues nor help you maintain your health. They are, however able to prescribe a pill to take care of any "issue" you may feel you have.

Or maybe doctors are just tired of telling patients what they have to do to maintain a healthy lifestyle only to be told by those patients that they are.

Nothing like watching a morbidly obese person tell you they eat no more then the average person. Most of the general public believe that it's alright to have a pop a day. "A" pop might be a 2tlr bottle or it may be 250ml can. Eating fast food as a meal a couple times a week, sitting in front of the telly for 4 hrs a night after having spent 8 hrs behind a desk and 2 hrs sitting in a car. Why work hard for good health when we work so hard to do as little as possible and can take a pill instead?

Forgot to add, that most regular restaurant food is so loaded with sugar and salt that it's not a healthy option either.
 
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I think we may all have come to the conclusion that for the most part doctors are no longer able to prevent health issues nor help you maintain your health. They are, however able to prescribe a pill to take care of any "issue" you may feel you have.

Or maybe doctors are just tired of telling patients what they have to do to maintain a healthy lifestyle only to be told by those patients that they are.

Nothing like watching a morbidly obese person tell you they eat no more then the average person. Most of the general public believe that it's alright to have a pop a day. "A" pop might be a 2tlr bottle or it may be 250ml can. Eating fast food as a meal a couple times a week, sitting in front of the telly for 4 hrs a night after having spent 8 hrs behind a desk and 2 hrs sitting in a car. Why work hard for good health when we work so hard to do as little as possible and can take a pill instead?
geez, that's depressingly accurate

it hit me meh, maybe a decade or more ago lying in emerg on a bed waiting for help, that attempting to make the right health choices only because I was interested in medicine had done me a vast amount of good over the years...and I was grateful to be in Canada and grateful for a nurse in a tiny community where I'd had the car accident, that she had triaged in Toronto, had seen much and was telling me, eh you're likely fine, you're in good health, you aren't over-weight so your body will heal fast

genetically of course it's a cr*p shoot but we have to work with what we've got

I think a huge factor is the people we surround ourselves with

huge influence

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they sure push them pills on American tv eh.

they might kill ya, make yer schlong fall off, your hair fall out or even give you nausea...so just check quick with your vet before buying our tablets...kthx...sheesh.
 

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Who wants to go for a long run in an "I want it now" world?
according to the article: Most users aren’t even aware that it’s an anti-psychotic drug that’s used to treat schizophrenia

they just pop the pill and feel miserable anyway

a friend of mine who wasn't diagnosed with manic depression until his 60's was told by his psychiatrist Bob, the pill will help 20% the rest of it, you have to learn to do through thought and behaviour modification

ain't no magic pills
 

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Who wants to go for a long run in an "I want it now" world?

That's part of the problem. I think there's the too busy component too. AS well as the effects of poor diet. You can be overweight and still malnourished. Combine that with the effects of chemicals on the bodies hormones and it's a recipe for physical disfunction. POor diet, poor sleep quality effect the brain and it's ability to make proper decision.

Without proper nurition you haven't the energy to do the things you should do to feel better. A bit of a catch 22 in some respects. That makes the idea of a cure in pill form very appealing.
 

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according to the article: Most users aren’t even aware that it’s an anti-psychotic drug that’s used to treat schizophrenia

they just pop the pill and feel miserable anyway

a friend of mine who wasn't diagnosed with manic depression until his 60's was told by his psychiatrist Bob, the pill will help 20% the rest of it, you have to learn to do through thought and behaviour modification

ain't no magic pills

Cognitive therapy has and always will be the solution but that too requires heavy lifestyle change.

That's part of the problem. I think there's the too busy component too. AS well as the effects of poor diet. You can be overweight and still malnourished. Combine that with the effects of chemicals on the bodies hormones and it's a recipe for physical disfunction. POor diet, poor sleep quality effect the brain and it's ability to make proper decision.

Without proper nurition you haven't the energy to do the things you should do to feel better. A bit of a catch 22 in some respects. That makes the idea of a cure in pill form very appealing.

More lifestyle change.
 

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Cognitive therapy has and always will be the solution but that too requires heavy lifestyle change.



More lifestyle change.

I wish they'd teach Cognitive Therapy in schools to all children. That and how to communicate effectively. It would be worthwhile.