Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4627
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Publication type: media release
Stop Drug Ads
Democracy in Action 2006 May 10
http://democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/commercialalert/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1415&t=stop_drug_ads_home.dwt
Notes:
Ralph Faggotter’s Comments:
If you live in the USA, you can go to the above website, and send a message to Congress requesting Congress to ban prescription drug ads.
Full text:
Tell Congress to stop prescription drug ads
Each year, drug executives spend $4 billion on prescription drug ads for pills they say will make you feel happier, sleep better and improve your sex life.
The evidence is clear that the ads are not educational, do not promote public health, and can be extremely dangerous, as the Vioxx tragedy shows.
More than 200 medical school professors have endorsed our statement opposing drug ads. Now we need your support. Please write to your members of Congress today.
