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by FireBeyond 4811 days ago
"direct-to-consumer marketing, which is already illegal in the UK for prescription drugs".

No (well, yes), it's illegal in -every single country- in the world except for the US.

Only in America does your friendly pharmaceutical giant spend more money and energy on telling you what's wrong with you via non-individualized, vague 30 second spots - "Do you not get excited about anything? Cymbalta may help!" - than your healthcare providers.

As a healthcare professional -in the US-, this disturbs me hugely.