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Big Pharma Never Sleeps
Category: Ho Hum
The drug industry hits the mother lode - are you tossing and turning instead of getting that restful night's sleep your body needs to recharge its batteries for the next day's mini-wars? Better yet, are you losing sleep because you are overweight? Even better, are you fat, sleepless and having anxiety attacks? The New York Times reports on the push to put you to sleep ever so gently with that special little pill.
These companies deserve protections from lawsuits?
Record Sales of Sleeping Pills Are Causing WorriesAmericans are taking sleeping pills like never before, fueled by frenetic workdays that do not go gently into a great night's sleep, and lulled by a surge of consumer advertising that promises safe slumber with minimal side effects.
About 42 million sleeping pill prescriptions were filled last year, according to the research company IMS Health, up nearly 60 percent since 2000.
But some experts worry that the drugs are being oversubscribed without enough regard to known, if rare, side effects or the implications of long-term use. And they fear doctors may be ignoring other conditions, like depression, that might be the cause of sleeplessness.
Drug makers spent $298 million in the first 11 months of 2005 to convince consumers that the sleep aids are safe and effective. That was more than four times such ad spending in all of 2004.
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