Prescription Drugs

Prescription Drugs

Prescription Drugs - Should They Be Advertised to Consumers?
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{text:change-start} Advertising Prescription Drugs - Did You Know? {text:change-end} {text:change-start}
{text:change-end} {text:change-start} Bayer Pharmaceuticals sold heroin as an over-the-counter remedy for coughs in the early 1900s. {text:change-end} {text:change-start}
{text:change-end} {text:change-start} The US Food and Drug Administration did not begin to regulate prescription drug advertisements until Oct. 10, 1962 with the passage of the Kefauver Harris Amendments. {text:change-end} {text:change-start}
{text:change-end} {text:change-start} Every $1.00 spent advertising prescription drugs is estimated to increase their retail sales by $4.20. {text:change-end} {text:change-start}
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{text:change-start} Advertising Prescription Drugs - An Overview {text:change-end} {text:change-start}
{text:change-start} Should prescription drugs be advertised directly to consumers? {text:change-end} {text:change-start}
{text:change-start} In 1906 the advertising of drugs was first regulated by the Federal Food and Drug Act. The Act gave the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to regulate drug labeling to prevent companies from making false claims about the contents or effects of medicines. {text:change-end} {text:change-start}
{text:change-start} On June 25, 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (most recently amended on Dec. 31, 2004). This Act replaced the 1906 Act and brought the regulation of medication (in addition to the regulation of labeling) under the control of the FDA thereby spawning the prescription drug industry. The government restriction was imposed to protect consumers from drugs considered to be unsafe and to regulate drugs such as barbiturates and amphetamines. {text:change-end}...

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