Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby
Ryan Bridge: Will pill popping really help with our deeper issues?
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If you've got a health problem, if you've got a mental problem, if you can't sleep, if you're fat, enormous, obese, don't worry. All your problems can be solved with a pill, an injection. a prescription - or even no prescription. That's the clear message we've been getting from regulators. From Tuesday, the Hollywood weight-loss drug Weygovey, like Ozempic, will be available here, not for diabetes, but to shift weight. People aren't being told to not get fat, they're being told once they get too big, a drug will make them small again. Melatonin will now be available over-the-counter for those who can't sleep. Forget counting sheep, or wearing yourself out with exercise, pop a pill and go to sleep. You can now get an ADHD diagnosis from your GP or nurse practitioner - usually, you'd need to see a psychiatrist. We're prescribing ten times the amount of meds than we were 15-odd years ago. We spoke to a guy this week on the show with ADHD who said the law chang