There is a lot of corporate evil out there in the world today, but I think one of the worst has to be big pharma. The amount of medication that goes into the market without being tested thoroughly, and the amount of collusion and shady dealings between pharmaceutical companies and doctors is sickening. They are so obviously out there to make a buck rather than help people and its sad. Drudgereport posted these two stories today that show the more ludicrous side of big pharma. The first is about a trend of "depressed pets" receiving anti-depressants,
"Typically if people go out to work all day their parrot will get very bored and frustrated and eventually develop depression,” he said.
“Symptoms often include plucking out their feathers or self-harming, which is obviously very dangerous.
“When cockatoos in particular are depressed they can start to self-mutilate and peck their own legs to the bone."
Some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies have also recognised the need for anti-depressants for animals."
Hmm...here's an idea, don't get a fucking pet if you are going to leave it in a cage all day. I just can't get over how stupid this is. I can just picture some asshole upper East Side wasps..."Honey I think the parrot is depressed! It just sits here all day in its cage picking itself apart!"
"Well I can't think of what to do, lets just give it some of your prozac."
This would be bad enough on its own, except I saw this article as well, which described a series of trials showing in ineffectiveness of popular antidepressants.
"Even the trials that suggested some clinical benefit for the most severely depressed patients did not produce convincing evidence. Professor Irving Kirsch from the university’s psychology department said: “The difference in improvement between patients taking placebos and patients taking anti-depressants is not very great. Given these results, there seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.”
The drugs included fluoxetine (Prozac), venlafaxine (Efexor), and Paroxetine (Seroxat)."
So we have lazy and stupid doctors AND pet owners giving their depressed patients AND pets drugs that don't work. I am legitimately stupefied. Anyone who is giving their pets these drugs should be charged with animal cruelty and kicked in the nuts.
"Typically if people go out to work all day their parrot will get very bored and frustrated and eventually develop depression,” he said.
“Symptoms often include plucking out their feathers or self-harming, which is obviously very dangerous.
“When cockatoos in particular are depressed they can start to self-mutilate and peck their own legs to the bone."
Some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies have also recognised the need for anti-depressants for animals."
Hmm...here's an idea, don't get a fucking pet if you are going to leave it in a cage all day. I just can't get over how stupid this is. I can just picture some asshole upper East Side wasps..."Honey I think the parrot is depressed! It just sits here all day in its cage picking itself apart!"
"Well I can't think of what to do, lets just give it some of your prozac."
This would be bad enough on its own, except I saw this article as well, which described a series of trials showing in ineffectiveness of popular antidepressants.
"Even the trials that suggested some clinical benefit for the most severely depressed patients did not produce convincing evidence. Professor Irving Kirsch from the university’s psychology department said: “The difference in improvement between patients taking placebos and patients taking anti-depressants is not very great. Given these results, there seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.”
The drugs included fluoxetine (Prozac), venlafaxine (Efexor), and Paroxetine (Seroxat)."
So we have lazy and stupid doctors AND pet owners giving their depressed patients AND pets drugs that don't work. I am legitimately stupefied. Anyone who is giving their pets these drugs should be charged with animal cruelty and kicked in the nuts.
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