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Well I'm with you on pills personally.
Of course, we part ways yet again on the cause of the problems. As someone who has worked in sales, if only advertising and marketing was all that was needed to create demand and product sales.
In 2005, Hollywood studios spent massive amounts of money publicizing their crappy movies, but people just didn't show up. 2005 was a terrible year in theater ticket sales. I do not buy the idea that advertising medicine manipulates people perceptions.
The United States is not the center of the world.
I believe France per capita is the largest country in the world that takes prescription drugs. What are advertising rules there for drugs? I would wager there are far more restrictions on advertising there.
Also, I can argue that effectively making prescription drugs essentially free via public health care or via tiny deductibles from private insurance PROMOTES the overuse of drugs.
If people were spending their own money, instead of the insurance companies, they would factor in how to allocate their resources more efficiently. Of course, I'm NOT referring to someone stricken with colon cancer who could be taking Erbitux.
I'm referring to people with a cold and is offered Tamiflu. Or feels depressed and considers the plethora of drugs in that category.
When I broke my elbow in 1999, my doctor prescribed hydrocodone and soma. I bought the hydrocodone, but skipped the soma as it cost lots more - like $100. If I wasn't paying out of pocket I probably would have taken everything.
I healed up just fine.
Steve
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