IS A PILL FOR THE PANDEMIC BLUES COMING?

By Harvey Tobkes

Pill

An anti-depressant won federal approval Monday as the first drug to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD, (I kid you not…that’s the name). Never heard of that disease? What is it, you ask… it’s the wintertime blues that can strike when the days grow short. Wellbutrin XL can be used in the prevention of major depressive episodes in patients with a history of seasonal disorder named SAD, the Food and Drug Administration said. SAD is characterized by major recurrent depressive episodes during the fall and winter.

I ask you, is this ridiculous, or what? And just below the above story in the news, there was an article warning, Anti-Depressants May Cause Diabetes. Don’t people realize that every drug has side effects that are sometimes worse than what ails them?

I guess they think it was cutesie-clever to call the drug SAD. I think it’s very clever, because it’s sad that researchers are coming up with medications for illnesses that are in our daydreams.

Next thing you know there will be a pill for when your mother-in-law is coming for a visit. They’ll probably call it…MAD — Mother-in-law Arriving Disorder.

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12.05.20 5:02
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