Joan E. Gadsby
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Benzodiazepines
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[2000] Worldwide sales of benzodiazepines (tranquillizers and sleeping pills) are estimated at in excess of $21 billion. In the United States, sales are an estimated $1.2 billion and in Canada $104 million. Benzodiazepines - Time for Action and Accountability! by Joan Gadsby
Worldwide sales of prescription drugs exceed $300 billion yearly with tranquillizers, sleeping pills, anti-depressants and other Central Nervous System drugs accounting for an estimated $76 billion in sales.
Benzodiazepines have often been called the most widely prescribed group of drugs in the world and the biggest selling drugs in the history of medicine with worldwide sales in excess of $21 billion in 1999.
Benzodiazepines - Time for Action and Accountability! by Joan Gadsby