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"The marketplace" isn't a market at all -- it's a bunch of people, with and without a medical condition, who get a third party to purchase a medication for them
by Duff 15y ago
"The marketplace" isn't a market at all -- it's a bunch of people, with and without a medical condition, who get a third party to purchase a medication for them.
That infographic tells the story -- 50% more Iowan children need amphetamines to function as compared to New Yorkers?
IMO, this is a case where the DEA is doing the right thing. Improve the guidance for prescribing this stuff, and the folks who need it will be fine.
- mistercow 15y ago>That infographic tells the story -- 50% more Iowan children need amphetamines to function as compared to New Yorkers? Why assume that there is overdiagnosis in Iowa rather than underdiagnosis in NY? >and the folks who need it will be fine ...if they have health insurance and Vyvanse works for them.
- Duff 15y agoRead the comment and think before posting a response that doesn't make sense. I assume there's an over-diagnosis because the abuse of these drugs is both blatant and widespread. Look at the infographic and you'll see that there is a very wide variance between states. NY and Iowa just two examples. If you have a medical condition that affects broad swaths of society and is being diagnosed so inconsistently that you have these huge variances, something is wrong. If doctors stopped supplying prescriptions to people who want speed, as opposed to people who need to treat a recognized medical condition, there would be no supply problem.