Soaring on unapproved prescription drugs, and conditions, legal??

I don't know how accurate these statistics are. These come from the
following web site: http://www.leftseat.com/sistats.htm


It is a website to promote the use of their service, which is to help
people who have been denied medicals get waivers, so take it with a
grain of salt.

A quote from the web site is:

"Over the last few years, the FAA has been moving towards approval of
psychotropic medications. There has been rare isolated approval of
certain psychiatric medications, yet the agency approves very few
cases and utilizes extremely strict requirements."



The number and type of medicals given to pilots denied for psychiatric
reasons are listed below. The link also shows numbers of medicals
issued to others, including 3rd class medicals to insulin dependent
diabetics.


Psychiatry

Condition / Pathology 1st 2nd 3rd

Neuroses, Anxiety, Hypochondria, Phobia 1,361 1,835 5,456

Schizophrenia 7 12 28

Major Affective Disorder, Depression and Mania 11 10 29

Don't shoot the messenger, just wanted to share what I found on the
subject.