Opinion | This Is What a Miracle Drug Looks Like, and It Costs Only $5 to Make

Resist pharmaceutical solutions for medical problems if you can. While antidepressants, antianxiety meds, and more improve some people’s lives, they are often not the best solution. Usually, there are alternatives available; many mood disorders, such as depression, are beginning to be understood by Western medicine to be treatable with diet, ample

Prescriptions are a powerful lever for change, in two ways. First, they make change more affordable: a health care provider or insurer will typically cover some or all of the costs of whatever’s prescribed. Second, they make change more likely: studies show that patients are more likely to comply with a doctor’s advice for behavior change, like exe

Second, what if these drugs don’t actually work the way they’re supposed to, or worse yet, make psychiatric symptoms worse in the long run?