On Tue, 13 May 2008 23:35:02 -0400, Sabrina Kilian wrote:

> but they are just
> too widely over prescribed

This is true of many drugs in general, IMHO.

Just look at the number of Ritalin scripts written in the 90's in the 
US.  Many of the kids who this (or other ADD-"fighting" drugs) was 
prescribed for didn't actually need it.

My stepson went to a school for gifted ADD and highly-distractable 
students, many of whom were on various drugs for their conditions - and 
while I'm no MD, it was clear to me that many of them were just very 
active kids with parents who wanted their kids to be "less active".  
There probably was a percentage who actually *needed* the drug, but I 
wouldn't hesitate to say that all of them didn't need it - though I 
certainly wouldn't be the one to decide who got it and who didn't.

Today we have so many new "medical conditions" that we've got drugs for 
it's ridiculous.  "Restless Legs Syndrome"?  Are you f-ing kidding me?  
People who "suffer" from that sound to me like they need to go and get 
some exercise.  (And I do get it from time to time - usually after taking 
Benedryl for my allergies or Tylenol PM - but in both cases, it's only 
the tabs that do that to me - the capsules don't).

Jim

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