November 12, 2014

US spends most on this drug… and no one knows how it works



Americans spent over $7.5 billion on one drug over a one-year period ‒ more than any other medication. And yet no one knows how the powerful pill works. But that doesn’t keep Big Pharma from marketing it for a multitude of disorders.

“Quick: what’s the top-selling drug in the United States?”
 “Prozac? Viagra? Maybe something for heart disease?”

The answer is actually Abilify (aripiprazole), a powerful antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other major psychiatric conditions.

Americans spent over $7.5 billion on the drug between October 2013 and September 2014, with nearly 8.8 million prescriptions filled per month in that same time period, Medscape Medical News reported. The sales of aripiprazole were more than all other major antidepressants combined.

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I gotsta git me sum of dem, I'm all outta weed and it's down right  depressing!

3 comments:

  1. My Doctor prescribe me Abilify, and Seroquel.. (Both Anti-Psychotcs) after talking with me for 15 second: trouble sleeping.. Take These.

    I never took the Abilify, and had a difficult time getting off Seroquel. I'm a creative person and a songwriter.. journalist. On Serquel.. I couldn't create a thought let alone a Song or Article! It is Illegal in Canada to prescribe Abilify or Seroquel for "off label use".. which means sleeping. I contacted the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons - about this Dr. .. He is No Longer Practicing .. but is working in Research! Thank God!@

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  2. just gimme ur addy mamz, ill mail u some moroccan hash

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  3. [comment on video]

    "Look at the logo- the "A" is a pyramid with capstone highlighted and a road is winding off behind it - going where? well take the historic example - lying in the shadow of the giza pyramid is the Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara ....thats where the Abilify road behind the pyramid is leading....." 

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