CHAPTER 12: EVERYONE TAKES AMPHETAMINES

SURVIVING HEALTHCARE

We used to have a name for sufferers of ADHD. We called them boys.

Anonymous

Background: For opioids, the deaths, addiction, and social destruction are the drug industry’s fault—there is no controversy. There is now an anemic effort to fine and sometimes imprison a handful of people who were partly responsible for the death of more individuals than most wars.

There is no consensus, however, for the closely related situation of amphetamines and similar stimulants, possibly because there are only 10,000 US deaths a year. Doctors who are in the pockets of manufacturers still proclaim with straight faces that amphetamine-class prescriptions are worlds apart from the same drugs used for abuse. They say that we are under-medicating despite close to universal usage.

Physicians promote prescription stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other syndromes. Classroom misbehavior gets kids a quick prescription these days. Fidgeting, squirming, interrupting, forgetting, and being disorganized are the symptoms. For adults, the criteria are inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and other similar issues. This has made ten percent of our children and many adults “legitimate” drug candidates.

American psychiatrists now treat ADHD with at least fifty prescription medications (listed on drugs.com). These include antidepressants, stimulants, and even anti-virals. Most are FDA Schedule II, the category that includes cocaine, Demerol, and other drugs considered the most hazardous. (Schedule I drugs have no accepted medical use.) Antidepressants and milder Schedule IV stimulants such as Provigil are also used.

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