Prescription drug spots on television are becoming as common as those for Budweiser and Dodge.
The pharmaceutical industry has spent billions on print and media ads in the last year, and are expected to spend more because “drug makers want consumers to walk into the doctor’s office and ask for a drug by brand name.”
This has created conflict between medical doctors and patients with many patients requesting drugs they do not need or would not be appropriate for them.
Click the link below to load the article by Glenn Howatt at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Source: ABC News (click here for “Prescription Drugs Sold on TV”)
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