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In reply to the discussion: Pharmaceutical advertising should be taken off the air [View all]csziggy
(34,189 posts)46. The information on drugs is readily available
http://www.pdr.net/ is the internet version of the Physician's Desk Reference and has the information from the package inserts on current drugs on the market in the US. Their statement about themselves: "PDR Network, the leading distributor of drug labeling information, product safety Alerts, and REMS programs includes the Physicians' Desk Reference® (PDR®), the most trusted and commonly used drug information reference, PDR.net®, mobilePDR®, and PDR Drug Alerts, the only service providing electronic delivery of mandated safety Alerts to physicians and other prescribers. PDR now integrates a broad suite of services into Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and includes the RxEvent.org adverse event reporting service." http://www.pdr.net/webpages/aboutus.aspx
Even if you don't keep that site bookmarked, it will be in a search of any medication name - and there are numerous other sites with the same information that will come up.
Even if you don't keep that site bookmarked, it will be in a search of any medication name - and there are numerous other sites with the same information that will come up.
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I tried Lunesta once (free sample) - not as effective as Ambien and had a funny taste in my mouth.
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2012
#13
Not scary at all. I take it, helps me sleep, never one of those listed side effects.
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2012
#41
Yeah, if one gets off the screens and turns down the lights, sleep onset tends to improve.
HuckleB
Jan 2012
#57
So doctors (and their pharmaceutical reps who service them) go back to being the source of..
X_Digger
Jan 2012
#16
I think 24-hour news channels have done more toward that aim, but your point is valid.
HuckleB
Jan 2012
#54
I say leave them. It's not everyday I get to hear the words "anal leakage".
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#23
We live in a retirement community, and that's almost all we get. It's insulting.
Magoo48
Jan 2012
#26
The US and New Zealand are the ONLY 2 countries in the developed world who allow this.
PA Democrat
Jan 2012
#28
The cost of tv advertising should not be something that you and I are paying for.
undeterred
Jan 2012
#58