Episode 182 • • 24:09 - 27:47
182: Magnets In Space
ABC 2020, Saphris Drug Promotion, Pediatric Schizophrenia
An ABC 2020 segment titled "Paranoid Schizophrenic Girl" is criticized for acting as a thinly veiled infomercial for the drug Saphris. The program featured children on extensive "mini-pharmacy" regimens without questioning the side effects of the medications. Saphris, approved by the FDA in September 2009, is being marketed as a solution for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in minors.