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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Monday, July 6, 2015

MoJo: Doctors Are Prescribing Amphetamines for Binge Eating




THIS WEEK'S ECONUNDRUM
Doctors Are Prescribing Amphetamines for Binge Eating
You may have recently seen a TV ad about the "most common eating disorder in US adults": binge eating disorder. The spot features champion tennis player Monica Seles talking about her struggles with BED, which was classified by the American Psychiatric Association as a medical condition in 2013. The ad campaign is paid for by Shire, a pharmaceutical company that in January won approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market a drug called Vyvanse to treat BED. While binge eating disorder is a new diagnosis, Vyvanse isn't exactly a new drug. An amphetamine, it was until this year marketed exclusively to treat ADHD. But its latest incarnation actually represents something of a return to its roots: Before they became ADHD drugs, amphetamines, of course, were diet drugs.
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