By Dr. Mercola
By Dr. Mercola
The United States and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world that allow direct-to-consumer drug commercials on television.
The only ones really benefiting from this scenario are the drug companies; from the consumer’s vantage point, the drawbacks far supersede the benefits. Part of the risk consumers face is rooted in deception.
According to a content analysis study1 published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, 10 percent of claims made in drug ads were flat out false, and another 57 percent were misleading. Basically, two-thirds of the claims in any given ad are …read more
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