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Side effects of prescription drugs advertised on television
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Harris Blackwood
Updated: Feb 23, 2014, 6:30 AM
Published: Feb 21, 2014, 8:28 PM
The pharmaceutical companies spend a fortune on what is called DTC or direct-to-consumer advertising. When the Food and Drug Administration agreed to let them advertise on TV, they required the ads disclose all of the major side effects. I had the occasion to watch a little more TV recently and a lot of prescription drugs are being advertised these days.
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