Pills in the job against stress? DAK-Kasse warns of abuse

Health insurance company warns against pills in the job against stress

For many people in Germany, the workload has increased enormously in recent years. More and more employees are now turning to medicines to better cope with the stress and job pressure. Experts warn against the abuse of such pills.

Do not fight stress in the job with pills
The health insurance DAK health has warned according to a message from the news agency dpa against fighting job stress with pills. The DAK health report for Saxony-Anhalt states that thousands of people in Saxony-Anhalt have taken medication to better cope with high pressure, stress and overwork. According to the evaluation of the drug data of its insured persons and a nationwide survey of 5,000 employees, the health insurance fund estimates that currently around 18,000 people in Saxony-Anhalt regularly carry out so-called brain doping.

Addictive and side effects should not be underestimated
According to a statement, DAK health director Steffi Steinicke said: "Even if doping in the job is not yet a mass phenomenon, these results are an alarm signal." She warned: "In order to keep workers healthy in the long term, it is important to educate them , Addictive dangers and side effects of brain doping should not be underestimated. "In many cases, beta-blockers, antidepressants and awake-makers or even ADHD pills would be used.

Personality changes and addiction
Something similar was reported from other states. DAK head of the Baden-Württemberg region, Markus Saur, had reported that, including a dark figure, a figure of up to 13.5 percent, or 746,000 employees, regularly resorted to prescription drugs to combat stress and pressure on the job. He warned against side effects such as headaches, nervousness about mood swings to personality changes and dependence. "Anyone who keeps pumping himself overburdens himself and may end up developing a depression depression."

Employees dope rather as top managers
According to health experts, various anti-depressants or anti-depressants may cause side effects such as high blood pressure, anxiety, dizziness, headaches, sleep disorders or dangerous cardiac arrhythmias such as palpitations or heart stumbling. In addition, antidepressants would be of no use if there was no depression. In addition, there is a risk of addiction in many medications and in some cases even increases the risk of suicide. Contrary to popular belief, gainfully employed people with simple jobs and an insecure job at the DAK are at an increased risk of doping - not the top managers. (Ag)

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