America Running Out of Zoloft as Happy Pills Hit All Time “High”

The people need pills!

Because of the virus!

Gotta get pilllllllllls!

Bloomberg:

One of the most widely prescribed antidepressants in the U.S. has fallen into short supply, as demand increases due to mental-health strains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Food and Drug Administration added Zoloft tablets to its list of drugs in shortage on Friday. Zoloft, which is sold under the generic name sertraline, was first approved in the U.S. in 1991. It’s used to treat a range of conditions, including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic-stress disorder.

The pandemic has increased concerns over the fragility of the global supply chain and the capacity of manufacturers to respond to spikes in demand for certain therapies. Other drugs, including hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial medication touted by President Donald Trump as a Covid-19 treatment, have also experienced supply disruptions in recent weeks.

Isolation and anxiety triggered by the coronavirus have heightened demand for mental-health services. Zoloft prescriptions climbed 12% year-over-year to 4.9 million in March, the most ever in the U.S., according to data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence. Prescriptions receded to 4.5 million in April.

Additionally, generic-drug firms that produce sertraline told the FDA that they weren’t able to get enough active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, to make the drug. Lupin Ltd. said it expects its sertraline to be on backorder for a few months, and Accord Healthcare said it anticipates the shortage will last for two months.

Yes, the “pandemic” caused the mental health crisis…

Because there was no potential response to the flu than to shut everything down and totally collapse the economy in order to try to protect people in their 80s and 90s from the flu.

Anyway.

At least Americans now have the ongoing black riots to get the adrenaline pumping.

Adrenaline can cause euphoria. I don’t think that people with blacks kicking in their doors are going to need pills.

In fact, the side effects of Zoloft are exactly the same as the side effects of black rioting.

Neat!