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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2003
SPECIAL EDITION
CREATING NEW MEDICAL DISORDERS FOR PROFIT
EDITOR’S NOTES
THE
CORPORATE-SPONSORED CREATION OF DISEASE
There is not much in medicine that is as shoddy as the alliance formed
between doctors and the drug industry to construct new disorders. This even
comes at a time when medicine is being portrayed as corrupt in the mainstream
medical journals….
THE MAKING OF A DISEASE: FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
A cohort of researchers with close ties to drug companies are working with
colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry to develop and define a new category
of human illness at meetings heavily sponsored by companies racing to develop
new drugs….
FIRST, YOU MARKET THE DISEASE…THEN YOU PUSH THE PILLS TO TREAT IT
The ugly truth about doctors, PR firms, and drug companies: Prominent
doctors are enlisted to publicly affirm the malady’s ubiquity, then
public-relations firms launch campaigns to promote the new disease, using
dramatic statistics from corporate-sponsored studies….
THE LATEST DRUG COMPANY TACTIC: DISEASE AWARENESS
Are you noticing more stories in the media trying to get you to see your
doctor about a treatment for "social anxiety disorder?" The symptoms seem pretty
familiar - sweaty palms, nervousness in a crowd….
THE RISE AND FALL OF ADD/ADHD
In 1980, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) was invented in committee, for
DSM-III. In 1987, ADD was revised, becoming ADHD (Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder….
FLASHBACK:
PRESCRIPTION DRUG BS
AWARD FOR 2001
Eli Lilly’s aggressive come-on for "Sarafem" is shameless…Even
psychiatrists, who are quick to call any part of the body that moves a disease
are being cautious about this outrageous marketing ploy…
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