The NY Times on DTC marketing
“Doctors afraid to disappoint patients can also be negatively influenced by drug advertisements. The doctor may recommend that other approaches – like changing habits to lower blood pressure or controlling high cholesterol – are preferable to taking drugs. But patients hoping for prescriptions may pressure their doctors to write them.”
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