Your post is not medically accurate. PPIs are not there to treat people who have "wrecked their GI tracts by popping ibuprofen once or twice a day". PPIs are ve

Your post is not medically accurate. PPIs are not there to treat people who have "wrecked their GI tracts by popping ibuprofen once or twice a day". PPIs are very useful drugs for people with GERD, whether that's due to anatomic differences in their LES, dietary concerns, stress levels, excess coffee or alcohol consumption, or side-effects from any number of drugs/treatments (including the one you mentioned, ibuprofen, but that's a subset of a long list of reasons). Second, "every" office dweller is not on these drugs, that's a gross overstatement. SSRI's are not even close to universally prescribed; they are known to not be that effective, many people do not take them but treat mild or moderate depression with psychotherapy, exercise, behavior changes, etc. Regarding statins, they are very useful and have prevented a lot of deaths. They may be over-prescribed due to their generally safe and effective characteristics, however it's a GOOD thing to improve healthcare among the elderly (which is what is stated in the article). Dialysis centers are popping up all over the place due to the rising obesity/type 2 diabetes epidemic, the drugs very much take a second-hand effect in that causal pathway. You shouldn't spout off incorrect medical knowledge in an off-handed way. There are many uninformed people out there who may absorb this and propagate these incorrect views. Facts matter, science matters, as a healthcare researcher I can't let these misstatements go uncorrected.