Stress in the job Hundreds of thousands throw pills

Job stress: hundreds of thousands throw pills

15/04/2015

The workload has become more intense for many people in Germany. More and more employees resort to prescription drugs because of stress and job pressure.

Medicines for stress and pressure to perform
At present, almost 100,000 Baden-Württemberg citizens regularly resort to prescription medicines for stress and job pressure. As the news agency dpa reports, have taken according to a study by the health insurance DAK 7.5 percent of the working population in the southwest ever stimulant to increase their performance in the workplace. DAK country chief Markus Saur shared in the presentation of the DAK Health Report 2015 on Tuesday in Stuttgart that, including a dark figure, a value of up to 13.5 percent or 746,000 employees result. „Although doping in the job is not yet a mass phenomenon, these results are an alarm signal.“

Numerous side effects and dependency hazard
Saur warned of side effects and the risk of dependency. According to experts, the various „stimulant“ or antidepressants cause side effects such as high blood pressure, anxiety, dizziness, headache, sleep disorders or dangerous cardiac arrhythmias such as palpitations or heart stumbling. „Anyone who keeps pumping himself overburdens himself and may eventually develop exhaustion depression.“ In addition, antidepressants would have no benefit if there was no depression. According to the report, in addition to guards, antidepressants and beta-blockers, ADHD pills are also commonly taken. For many drugs there is a danger of addiction 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.

Pills from the doctor or acquaintance
The study was based on data from around 320,000 employed DAK insured persons, the results of which were extrapolated to all employees in Baden-Württemberg. In addition, more than 5,000 employees between the ages of 20 and 50 were interviewed nationwide, including 670 in the southwest. In Germany as well, the DAK health report showed that more and more doping takes place in the job. According to the report, the most commonly used drugs (60.6 percent) for brain doping are anxiety, nervousness and anxiety. Thirty-four percent of workers take medication for depression. According to reports, more than every second doctor gets the pills from his doctor, every seventh from acquaintances and family members and every twelfth order them on the internet without a prescription. (Ad)