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Disease Mongering Is Latest Drug Industry Ploy
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Are you suffering from a made-for-TV disease? Do you feel the urge to take a drug that can provide relief (according to the incessant TV commercials)? If your answer is yes you have been the victim of disease mongering by the drug industry.
Are Pharmaceutical Companies Inventing Diseases, New Study Suggests They AreAccording to a report in the Public Library of Science and Medicine, pharmaceutical companies are inventing diseases in order to up their sales figures.
Weaved into 'lllnesses' are such reports as 'sexual dysfunction affects 43% of US females', say David Henry and Ray Moynihan, authors of the report. They added that high cholesterol and osteoporosis are being labelled 'diseases' by the industry.
Restless leg syndrome, a relatively rare condition are being blown out of all proportions, they say.
Disease Awareness Campaigns, funded by the industry, are aimed at promoting drug sales rather than informing people about how to take preventive measures.
The researchers accuse the industry of widening the boundaries of illness, which results in more treatments for these 'illnesses', said the researchers.
Disease mongering turns healthy people into patients, wastes precious resources, and causes iatrogenic harm. Like the marketing strategies that drive it, disease mongering poses a global challenge to those interested in public health, demanding in turn a global response.
Is disease mongering the final step in the degradation of the drug industry? Have the drug manufacturers finally decided that it is better to cure a fictitious disease than lose market share? Think about these questions when you see the next fake doctor in a TV commercial.
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