If antidepressant commercials were honest...funny but true

[Retirednsmilin308]

I have been enjoying these CRACKED magazine " if honest" videos.
I have made no secret I feel the drug companies are running the country, so this let's me know I am not alone.
Antidepressants are a huge scam as are most other psych drugs given to outpatients.
If you are going to give them, then they need to be inpatient so they can be monitored. We are talking brain chemistry here, folks!

Pay particular attention to what the lady in the yellow dress says at the end of the video.
That says it in a nutshell.

It is only a 5 minute video.

PS...Horton is the CRACKED character kinda like Alfred E. Newman for MAD, so all their "if honest" videos have the name Horton in them.
Enjoy.

RNS

[Common]

There is too much of all varieties of medications pushed by big pharma, by doctors. Anytime you put a medication in your mouth its a foreign object to your body. They dont vet drugs like they used to years ago, the drug companies wanted it all sped up to get the pills down your throat faster and because of that we have tons of recalls and lawsuits on medication that came out to kill you.

I read Big Pharma doesnt care about class action law suits, by the time the drug is found out defective, by the time the govt takes action and stops the sale, by the time the class action suit is active. Theyve made many BILLIONS all over the world, then when the lose the lawsuit they pay a billion or 2. The lawfirm makes 30% the aggrieved each get a couple of hundred, everyones happy by the consumer that got screwed

[donttread]

I have been enjoying these CRACKED magazine " if honest" videos.
I have made no secret I feel the drug companies are running the country, so this let's me know I am not alone.
Antidepressants are a huge scam as are most other psych drugs given to outpatients.
If you are going to give them, then they need to be inpatient so they can be monitored. We are talking brain chemistry here, folks!

Pay particular attention to what the lady in the yellow dress says at the end of the video.
That says it in a nutshell.

It is only a 5 minute video.

PS...Horton is the CRACKED character kinda like Alfred E. Newman for MAD, so all their "if honest" videos have the name Horton in them.
Enjoy.

RNS

The video has some funny portions and some valid points. However, overuse of a medication , or class of them, does not make their proper usage a scam. And having to experiment with multiple anti-depressants is much less of a problem with SSRI's than it used to be.
I see the main failure of anti-depressant prescribers that of not recommending counseling or attempting to wean patients off the meds after a few months.
We want a pill but don't want to do the work. Much like with medical illnesses.

[Adelaide]

Prior to blaming prescribing physicians... Big pharma is an industry and they do want to sell a product - that part is correct and indisputable.

But patients want a quick fix, even when one does not exist. Prescribe an antibiotic for a viral condition, prescribe an SSRI for a psychological condition... Physicians should not be caving to this, but if you see 50 or more patients each day and they are all expecting a miracle cure and get combative or obsessive about it, the physician is likely to cave.

Insurance also will often pay for psychiatrists, but not psychologists (meaning, you will get medication but not therapy unless you can pay for it or have specific insurance). So, the insurance industry is also problematic in that regard - medication is cheaper, psychiatrists are a better bang for your buck, and people generally think they're doing better even if it is the placebo effect (which is helpful).

[Tahuyaman]

"Big pharma" is responding to the demands of the general public which increasingly believes that whatever ailment they think they are suffering from, a medication will take care of it.

[donttread]

Prior to blaming prescribing physicians... Big pharma is an industry and they do want to sell a product - that part is correct and indisputable.

But patients want a quick fix, even when one does not exist. Prescribe an antibiotic for a viral condition, prescribe an SSRI for a psychological condition... Physicians should not be caving to this, but if you see 50 or more patients each day and they are all expecting a miracle cure and get combative or obsessive about it, the physician is likely to cave.

Insurance also will often pay for psychiatrists, but not psychologists (meaning, you will get medication but not therapy unless you can pay for it or have specific insurance). So, the insurance industry is also problematic in that regard - medication is cheaper, psychiatrists are a better bang for your buck, and people generally think they're doing better even if it is the placebo effect (which is helpful).

Excellent point in the last paragraph. Most people don't understand that due to shortages Psychiatrist often see 4 patients an hour which means medication management only.
Psychologist, CASAC's SW'er and other counselors is where therapy and it's healing ways happen.

[donttread]

"Big pharma" is responding to the demands of the general public which increasingly believes that whatever ailment they think they are suffering from, a medication will take care of it.

I would go so far as to say that the only thing more important than instant gratification in our society is the demand for even more of it. Big pharma is not without their sins but someone will always meet the demand. As a child I had to look up a topic in an Encyclopedia instead of going to the library like my folks would of had to do. Today it is seconds away with a quick Google.
Illness, physical or mental or a combination, is no different. Most people want the quickest fix involving the least work. Sure I'll take the oral DM meds and the anti-cholesterol pills while I think about changing my diet.

[donttread]

"Big pharma" is responding to the demands of the general public which increasingly believes that whatever ailment they think they are suffering from, a medication will take care of it.

I would go so far as to say that the only thing more important than instant gratification in our society is the demand for even more of it. Big pharma is not without their sins but someone will always meet the demand. As a child I had to look up a topic in an Encyclopedia instead of going to the library like my folks would of had to do. Today it is seconds away with a quick Google.
Illness, physical or mental or a combination, is no different. Most people want the quickest fix involving the least work. Sure I'll take the oral DM meds and the anti-cholesterol pills while I think about changing my diet.

[Tahuyaman]

I would go so far as to say that the only thing more important than instant gratification in our society is the demand for even more of it. Big pharma is not without their sins but someone will always meet the demand. As a child I had to look up a topic in an Encyclopedia instead of going to the library like my folks would of had to do. Today it is seconds away with a quick Google.
Illness, physical or mental or a combination, is no different. Most people want the quickest fix involving the least work. Sure I'll take the oral DM meds and the anti-cholesterol pills while I think about changing my diet.

I won't disagree with any of that.

[donttread]

I won't disagree with any of that.

We occasionally agree and when we do we are obviously correct!