Antipsychotic drugs are now the top revenue producers in the US, topping cholesterol drugs.

IMS Health reports that in 2008, sales in the US of antipsychotics (used for absolutely every alleged mental disorder under the sun) in 2008 reached $14.6 billion, topping lipid regulators (ie, statins, etc.) which hit $14.5 billion in US sales...

...I can assure one and all that America didn't suddenly develop millions of more people with psychotic disorders. These drugs are being used for depression now and that's where I bet the sales boost came from. America is no longer "Prozac Nation." It's not "Atypical Nation." And that ain't good.

In EMS, I transport folks who seem to have good lives, families that care, and opportunities. Yet are diagnosed with depression or psychotic disorders...children even, and have a long med. list and history. What's up with that? Is is just easier to go on drugs than get a job? Easier to take pills than to get out and get a hobby or be a friend to someone?

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