Drugs for spiders... well for the fear of at least.

Swiss researchers report in PNAS that giving people cortisol before stressful situations, such as facing a spider, alleviates the stress. It was previously reported that cortisol helped people blank out painful memories and emotions. "Traditionally, severe phobias are treated using behavioural therapy, in which a patient gradually embraces their fear. An arachnophobe, for example, might begin by looking at pictures of spiders, before graduating to seeing or handling the real thing."
Aren't people on enough medicines? I'm imaging someone taking a drug before they go to work so they can drive over a bridge, then taking an upper when they get to work to be at the top of their game, and then sleeping drugs when they get home to counter the effects of the uppers. Ohh and don't forget about the feel-good SSRI's!