Emily og Martin er et ungt par, der lever det gode liv - indtil Martin sendes i fængsel for insiderhandel. Det slår Emily fuldstændig ud af kurs, og psykiateren Banks kaldes til for at hjælpe hende. Emily ender på en ny medicinsk behandling. Den viser sig at have uforudsete bivirkninger, som vender op og ned på alles liv.
En handicappet, hjemmeskolet teenagepige begynder at mistænke, at hendes mors behandling af hende måske ikke er, som den skulle være. Hun begynder at tro, at hendes mor skjuler en dyster hemmelighed for hende.
For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a desperate plea for help from her sister.
De mørke hemmeligheder i Hollys tilsyneladende perfekte liv afsløres, når en uønsket ubuden gæst spinder hendes liv ude af kontrol for evigt.
A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.
A boy travels with his sick dog Sniffy to his medicine cabinet, where pills and other medicines sing the dangers of taking medicines without adult supervision.
Anna Richardson investigates the latest generation of weight-loss drugs that have been all over the media and social media. Anna talks to doctors and actual users of the "skinny jab," explains what makes these drugs work, and investigates the most common adverse effects.
By following the lives of five Japanese individuals this documentary explores the problem of depression in Japan and how the marketing of anti-depressant drugs has changed the way the Japanese view depression. Marketing of anti-depressants did not begin in Japan until the late 1990s and prior to this, depression was not widely recognized as a problem by the Japanese public. Since then, use of anti-depressants has sky-rocketed and use of the Japanese word "utsu" to describe depression has become commonplace, having previously been used only by psychiatric professionals.
In this edition of Moulton's narrative series, the artist's character Cynthia suffers from Restless Leg Syndrome, and seeks relief in pharmaceutical ads on TV and in health magazines. In a domestic world enlivened with animated dance and mystic poetry (written and read by poet John Coletti), Cynthia finds relief in the healing mineral AION A, discovered by Swiss artist Emma Kunz.
When a new prescription drug permits a greater lucidity of one’s dreams, a woman resists her jealous husband’s demands that she induce a nightmare in order to scrub her subconscious of infidelity.