To Break Big Pharma's Stranglehold, Doctors Votes for Ban on Drug Ads
@CommonDreams wrote: To Break Big Pharma's Stranglehold, Doctors Votes for Ban on Drug Ads Deirdre Fulton, staff writer In an attempt to combat the soaring cost of prescription drugs and Big Pharma's...
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@Cookies wrote: What would Time Inc. do? Take the drug ads out of People magazine, and there would be nothing left to read. Read full topic
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@Aquifer wrote: Shucks, Sanders voted for the ACA - which pointedly left out any ability of the gov't to bargain for drug prices ... Read full topic
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@andrewboston wrote: The US government pays billions to support medical research, then private corporations are allowed to mark up new drugs 10,000% (or any amount they want)the pols are paid off, so...
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@akita96th wrote: All research on new medicines should be done by the government.....The money saved on Medicare and Medicaid alone would pay for the research...They could then lease out the formula...
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@Dede wrote: Finally, someone is talking about the barrage of drug commercials we have to watch just to watch a T.V. program. They are depressing, they never allow you to forget about health issues...
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@WiseOwl wrote: But how will people learn of their restless worry syndrome? Read full topic
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@Oatstraw wrote: Take the drug ads out of JAMA and there'd be nothing left to read. The AMA? This whole thing is completely hypocritical. Read full topic
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@erisx wrote: Wish it worked that way, but last time I checked prices are the same here in Colorado as everywhere else. Read full topic
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@lifebiomedguru wrote: Join the AMA and sign a petition to urge Congress to ban DTC in the US Visit jameslyonsweiler dot com for more info (Sorry, new user here, would love to post the full link) Read...
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@AussieMic wrote: So the AMA is asking the government to censor information so patients have to rely on it's members, but we're supposed to believe this is about prices? If the AMA wanted to reduce...
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@raydelcamino wrote: The ACA didn't just leave out drug price negotiation, it specifically prohibits negotiating drug prices. Read full topic
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@Seatower wrote: Prescription drugs should not be advertised on/in any media. They are misleading and only serve to coerce the viewer/reader to ask their doctor to prescribe it for them, which many...
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@Aquifer wrote: Thanx - i guess i didn't realize that - that makes a vote for it even worse, it seems to me ... Read full topic
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@stiffupperflipflop wrote: Even here in the Philippines you don't see ads for prescription meds. I asked Google Wikipaedia what other countries allow direct to consumer advertising of prescription...
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@Englishperfesser wrote: Doesn't BERNIE's singlepayer healthcare plan include negotiating for drug prices? For God's sake, and for my sake, if not for your own and your children's sakes, volunteer,...
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@CycleOne wrote: Living in the heart of the nation's largest medical center, obesogenic in design, medical leaders must collaborate with public works departments in infrastructure remodeling to...
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@armybrat wrote: Maybe it's time to turn off the damned TV - ever think of that? Garbage In - Garbage Out Read full topic
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@armybrat wrote: If you have half a brain, you always ask the pharmacist about any drug before you take it. If you have any question, ask another pharmacist - they're the only ones who know anything...
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@armybrat wrote: *NEVER - NEVER - NEVER ask your doctor. ***Only your pharmacist knows - he's the one to ask, and get a second opinion as well. (I'm dying because I didn't know that.) Read full topic
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@AussieMic wrote: Misleading advertisements are already illegal. Nobody is being coerced. If there were kickbacks why would advertising even be necessary? If you have the doctor in your pocket he...
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@AussieMic wrote: stiffupperflipflop: Do the doctors who are asked ever say no or even spell out the potential side effects in detail so the patient-consumer can weigh the risk-benefit ratio to be...
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@stiffupperflipflop wrote: You raise good points. I worked in a mental health clinic for many years and it used to be that "sales reps" from the Pharmaceutical firms would come in frequently to give...
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@rosemerry wrote: I often muse about the use of the term "healthcare" when so many US people are obese (diabetes etc often follow) and eat industrialized, processed food full of additives, as well as...
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