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Well, the reality seems to be even worse.

Rather than taking 40mg at the end of the day, the drugs companies caution doctors to prescribe more medication initially rather than give any indication that the drug only lasts for 8 hours.

They care more about their approach to marketing, than the efficacy of the prescription schedule.

It's this that creates addicts: the extreme high of the unneeded extra initial dosage, followed by a lower low when the drug runs out.



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