Yeah maybe society shouldn’t push psych meds on people who are having trouble existing in this capitalist hellscape because of systematic problems.
Why should people be forced to take psychiatric medication just so they can more calmly except the systematic problems? Especially if they’re going to get #ALS from them? (And listen I am pro medication, Adderall changed my life. But I remember being prescribed SSRI’s in the early 2000s because I was having trouble affording life after the price gouging that never went down after 9/11. Prozac wouldn’t make my previously $400 now $700 rent more affordable.)
“Question Is there an association between prescribed use of common psychiatric medications and the risk and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)?
Findings In this case-control study including nearly 9000 individuals, prescribed use of #anxiolytics, #hypnotics and #sedatives, or #antidepressants was associated with a 34%, 21%, and 26% higher future risk of ALS. Prediagnostic use of such medications was also associated with poor prognosis after ALS diagnosis.
Meaning These findings suggest a potential link between psychiatric medications, or their indications (ie, psychiatric disorders), and the risk and progression of ALS.”
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2834877
#JAMA #study #psychiatry
(Edited to fix “health scape” (hellscape)
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