Medications

I was particularly interested in the medications and how they became mainstream. Horowitz talks about how people learn about medications from commercials and print media now, and that is true but this made me think of all the negative ad placement we see today. The ones that law firms put out saying if you have had such and such a symptom you can sue. It seems that so much information these days comes not from doctors, but from TV. Prozac of course, is mentioned quite a bit as it is a popular medication. I was also interested in the placebo trials because they show how the brain works and how much a given medication can affect people. The way that a medication can effect someones brain when that is not the intended response is both interesting and scary. It also shows how some medications today are used for multiple diseases, sometimes both mental and physical ailments.