Thursday, February 4, 2010

There Is a Drug for Just About Everything!

In America, financial success can be achieved by determining what the majority of Americans want their bodies and minds to do and then selling a pill, an injection, a drink (used to be a tonic, now it's a tea), a plan, etc., that purports to produce the effect. With advertising and the placebo-effect in the mix, I doubt that it's difficult to achieve success. In fact, pharmaceutical companies sell drugs with one active ingredient marketed as a treatment for a condition, then change inactive ingredients and market it again for a different condition. Even if a drug does not cure a condition, consumers will purchase it to "address" a condition or alleviate the effects of a condition.

1 comment:

  1. That's true, and sad! I think there's a pill used for depression that they also use to help people quit smoking. This same pill should never be used by anyone with the history of an eating disorder because it's said to induce such a disorder again. Crazy!

    ReplyDelete