I have two doctor friends on FB and I asked a question neither replied to. I wondered if all the

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pharmaceutical advertising had kind of a reverse placebo effect?

If a patient comes in convinced they know what's wrong with them and they have seen the latest drug for it on TV, I'd think that wouldn't be good if their doctor thought otherwise. If the doc prescribes some other treatment or drug and they think he's wrong and unhappy about it, that can't be good.

I watched a college basketball game in the nearest city on one of our local channels and the advertising was almost all medical. Drugs and this Gamma Knife outfit that treats cancer. I'd think other commercial outfits would be pissed that they hog all that prime advertising. What I feel shouldn't even be allowed advertisement on TV has to drive the price too high for them.