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0 pointscharwalker6y ago0 comments

My doctor prescribes my medication, not my software. Why would anything more than a journal article with technical information released for the benefit of the medical community be needed?

The US is one of like 2 countries that even allow TV commercials for drugs, yet all those other countries (and their Not for Profit or universal healthcare systems) work better than the US.

If I'm told to ask my doctor if [DRUG] is right for me, shouldn't they already be aware of the option and if beneficial brought it up vs staying quiet and endangering my health? The marketing budget is way out of line.

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rhino3696y ago

A lot of the marketing budget is all expenses paid conferences for doctors and samples, etc.

conanbatt6y ago

> My doctor prescribes my medication, not my software. Why would anything more than a journal article with technical information released for the benefit of the medical community be needed?

Because it requires time and effort to educate providers on state-of-the-art medications and the marketing that goes to them is often educational.

I understand the frustration around the healthcare situation in the US, but the argument that marketing is bad, or that profits are bad, or that the private market cant service are frankly trying to reinvent the economic wheel.

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