Americans Spent Over $7.5 BILLION On One Drug Over A 1-Year Period … And Yet No One Knows How The Pill Works

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US spends most on this drug… and no one knows how it works (RT, Nov 11, 2014):

Americans spent over $7.5 billion on one drug over a one-year period ? more than any other medication. And yet no one knows how the powerful pill works. But that doesn’t keep Big Pharma from marketing it for a multitude of disorders.

“Quick: what’s the top-selling drug in the United States?” the Daily Beast asked. “Prozac? Viagra? Maybe something for heart disease?”

The answer is actually Abilify (aripiprazole), a powerful antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other major psychiatric conditions.

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