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"Big Pharma Saved My Life"

One anecdote is not any kind of good ground for public policy. But if the anecdote is representative of a much, much larger class of folks--as I believe this one is--it is something that should definitely be included in the discussion.

For all its well-documented inefficiencies, the American healthcare system is second to none. And the pharmaceutical industry is an essential part of it. My son and my daughter still have their parents because of Big Pharma. I have a wife because of Big Pharma. And millions of others are alive because a scientist, paid well out of the revenue generated by a company’s previously issued medicines, discovered a new miracle medicine that could save or prolong a life.


"Medicating misery by doling out antidepressants is based on a myth"

Very fortunately no one in my family is taking one of these drugs. I have no idea if this professor is right, but if somebody in my family was taking one of them, I would try to research the claims and counterclaims indicated here.

The fact is the theory that depression is caused by low serotonin is not supported by reliable evidence. Put simply, the emperor has no clothes – and this matters, because our widespread use of antidepressants for mental health problems is grounded in this myth.