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Originally Posted by DAVD
Where did you get that information? This looks like the most nonsensical piece of text I've seen in a while, and I know what I'm talking about.
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Low post count, you are not promoting anyone, so I guess your response was serious. But what "information"? Two people close to me were handled badly by a series of doctors: that was the only information in my post. The rest was conjecture stemming from an unwillingness to assume they were simply unlucky in their choice of doctors.
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is some information (from the AARP website). "Thirty percent of Americans talk to their doctors about a specific drug they've seen advertised, and of these, 44 percent receive it". They continue: "Sales increases of the 50 most advertised drugs made up almost half of the growth in retail spending on prescription drugs... The 9,850 other drugs on the market accounted for the rest of the 12-month rise."
How likely it is that almost half the people responding to a TV advert actually needed the drug they were subsequently prescribed? How likely is it that sales pattern is a accurate reflection of patients' illnesses? So do we have doctors prescribing (often powerful) drugs they
know patients do not need or is only limited care being taken with (initial) diagnoses?