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Money Woes Boost Sales of Sedatives, Antidepressants

Jump comes despite dive in marketing dollars

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(Newser) – Here's a downer: The sale of antidepressants and sleeping pills have jumped amid the recession, and 31% of Americans asked about their sleeping habits say financial worries are keeping them up at night. The 7% jump in sleep aids comes despite hundreds of millions of fewer dollars spent on their marketing, reports Advertising Age.

"The economy problems are likely to be protracted," a sleep specialist predicts. But he stresses that long-term use of the pills is "not good because sedative hypnotics are best used for short-term insomnia."

Americans say financial worries are keeping them up at night.
Americans say financial worries are keeping them up at night.   (Shutter stock)
Antidepressant sales went up 15% last year.
Antidepressant sales went up 15% last year.   (Shutter stock)
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riffran
Mar 9, 09 4:28 AM CDT
thats right....a pill for everything....just kidding...it is sad that some people need help to cope, and have to use medicine........but it's better than self destructing because you need help and are too stubborn to get it Reply
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