Sunday, February 15, 2009
AP IMPACT: Drugmakers' push boosts 'murky' ailment
There's no doubt that the constant stream of advertising affects us all.
After all, the advertisers wouldn't keep doing it if it didn't pay off.
Unfortunately, most of of don't need whatever they are promoting; but, they can get "inside your head".
My advice is to be a skeptic...
After all, the advertisers wouldn't keep doing it if it didn't pay off.
Unfortunately, most of of don't need whatever they are promoting; but, they can get "inside your head".
My advice is to be a skeptic...
The Associated Press's Matthew Perrone discusses pros and cons in the Washington Post:
"Many doctors and patients say the drugmakers are educating the medical establishment about a misunderstood illness, much as they did with depression in the 1980s. Those with fibromyalgia have often had to fight perceptions that they are hypochondriacs, or even faking their pain.
But critics say the companies are hyping fibromyalgia along with their treatments, and that the grantmaking is a textbook example of how drugmakers unduly influence doctors and patients."