最近听了一些关于big pharma的podcast，好奇之下查了一下给孩子开精神类药物的研究，美国的孩子收到精神类药物prescription的概率是欧洲孩子的三倍，尤其是抗抑郁类药物，怎么会差这么多，这不合理啊？大家平时有感觉到这个问题吗？ “In the United States, 6.7% of children in the study had been prescribed some kind of psychotropic medication, compared with 2.9% in the Netherlands and 2% in Germany. The most significant difference was in prescriptions for antidepressants and stimulants, which were more than three times as prevalent in the United States as in the European countries. Prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs were also more common in the United States (1.5-2.2 times greater in U.S.). Use of two or more psychotropic medications was two or three times more likely in American children than Dutch and German children.”
“In the United States, 6.7% of children in the study had been prescribed some kind of psychotropic medication, compared with 2.9% in the Netherlands and 2% in Germany. The most significant difference was in prescriptions for antidepressants and stimulants, which were more than three times as prevalent in the United States as in the European countries. Prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs were also more common in the United States (1.5-2.2 times greater in U.S.). Use of two or more psychotropic medications was two or three times more likely in American children than Dutch and German children.”
我家收养的小猫不让剪指甲，我只好送去兽医那剪。兽医剪完指甲，告诉我下次去剪指甲之前提前打电话，她们给药让小猫calm down。她们说小猫有很强的anexity，她们剪指甲的时候也要四个人按住才搞掂。