Big Pharma's Latest Shady Ploy to Sell Depression Drugs That People May Not Need

 


The drug industry is coming up with ever more clever ways to pump Americans full of drugs they may not need -- and that may not even work.

'The discovery that many people with life problems or occasional bad moods would willingly dose themselves with antidepressants sailed the drug industry through the 2000s. A good chunk of the $4.5 billion a year direct-to-consumer advertising has been devoted to convincing people they don’t have problems with their job, the economy and their family, they have depression. Especially because depression can’t be diagnosed from a blood test.'


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