"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Doctors and Drugs:DB has been ranting about the pharmaceutical industry, and debating the subject with his readers. It’s true that doctors have a love-hate relationship with the industry. We love the innovations they make in disease treatment. We hate their marketing techniques. Disease treatment should be chosen on the basis of its merits, not on the success of its advertising campaign. (And believe me, there are a lot of distortions in the ad campaigns of pharmaceutical companies, whether they’re aimed at the public or at the medical profession.) posted by Sydney on
4/25/2003 07:50:00 AM
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