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70% of Drugs Advertised On TV Are of 'Low Therapeutic Value,' Study Finds

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  1. No Worries

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    70% of Drugs Advertised On TV Are of 'Low Therapeutic Value,' Study Finds

    According to a new study, a little over 70 percent of prescription drugs advertised on television were rated as having "low therapeutic value," meaning they offer little benefit compared with drugs already on the market. The study, appearing in JAMA Open Network, aligns with longstanding skepticism that heavily promoted drugs have high therapeutic value. "One explanation might be that drugs with substantial therapeutic value are likely to be recognized and prescribed without advertising, so manufacturers have greater incentive to promote drugs of lesser value," said the authors, which include researchers at Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth.​
     
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    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    Somebody queue up Huey Lewis.
     
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    It would be pretty cool if a new drug TV ad queued up Huey Lewis.

     
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    Same goes for beer commercials, and their relative therapeutic values.
     
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    What a high bar (so to speak).
     
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    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Isn't that two of Scrooge McDuck's nephews?
     
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    I take it for the jazz hands and Robert Di Nero face.
     
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