I was reading a story in the Sacramento Bee the other day; all about our national urge to medicate ourselves and our children. It was alarming to read. But certainly not unexpected. When you sit down to watch television, you can count on watching at least a half dozen or more pharmaceutical ads. These are ads for drugs that you can’t buy…you have to ask your doctor for them. In fact, sometimes you may need to ask your doctor what the drug is supposed to do; the ads are so vague, but full of promise! And magazines; they are filled with slick (and expensive) full page ads for prescription drugs. The link below will take you to a story about the latest fad; to give our children sleeping pills.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9727543/
And in a related story, I found that Lunesta, the sleeping pill that is advertised with the butterfly, will bring sleep approximately 10 minutes faster than if you didn’t take it at all. And then you have to suffer from a drug induced stupor after you wake up. Why on earth would you take it? But you can’t…certainly not by yourself. You have to go to a doctor and have him prescribe it for you. Which he will do, of course. After all, you just added $75 dollars to his bottom line with your visit and request.
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