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One Step Forward: The drug industry’s image problems are beginning to hurt pharmaceutical companies where it matters most – at the bottom line. >snip< “A lot of the demand that the industry has created over the years has been through promotion, and for that promotion to be effective, there has to be trust,” said Richard […]
Can you say, Pharmaceuticals? Chances are you can, unless you’re on Meds. And many Americans are. According to James Howard Kunstler, in Big and Blue in the USA, “one-third of all Americans are taking prescribed antidepressant medications” Need I say more? Okay, here’s more. The entire article, as published on Orion online: Having just returned […]
This sign caught my eye as I walked by the Elementary School today: I laughed, thinking about all the parents and children who cross this zone with their meds tucked in their purses, briefcases and book bags. There should be a sign below this one that reads: EXCLUDES: Adderall, Arcalion, Concerta, Desyrel, Hydrocodone, Lamictal, Paxil, […]
AdvoCare, a company with the motto, “Health, Hope & a Future” has been marketing a sports nutrition beverage for children as young as 4 years of age since 2001, according to this article in Sunday’s New York Times. [Note: They have since moved their target marketing age to 12 years and older] The drink, called […]