of Sleeping Pills’ Strange Effects
If you haven't read this story (NY Times) you certainly should...especially this part, "Sales in the United States of Ambien and Lunesta alone last year exceeded $3 billion. Use of those medications and other similar drugs has soared by more than 60 percent since 2000, fueled by television, print and other advertising. Last year, makers of sleeping pills spent more than $600 million on advertising aimed at consumers."
What terrible sheep we are! We should be counting sheep, not becoming sheep by buying what's new and popular. And what's the physicians part in this disaster? They are the prescribers. It seems obvious that you can't trust the doctors to do what is right for you...
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