Word: overmedicationã
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...which stated, deceptively, that Prozac could not only make depressed people feel better, but that it could make people feel “better than well!”—dozens of writers, doctor and layperson alike, have jumped on the “overmedication?? bandwagon. Americans, they declare, have been duped by pharmaceutical companies and doctors into believing that the everyday downs and disappointments that come with being human are not only undesirable, but unhealthy and altogether avoidable. They seem to imagine that doctors across the country encourage even the healthiest of patients...
...misconception may prove to be the bitterest pill to swallow. Though proponents of the “overmedication?? argument may believe that they have their countrymen’s best interests in mind, their ignorant and often plainly false pronouncements may only serve to dissuade an already under-reached population from seeking the treatment they need. After all, while there’s no such thing as a happy pill, there is such thing as a loud and uninformed...
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