Our Daily Meds

Author: Melody Petersen
Edition: 1st
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0015DYINQ
Category: Medical

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Thems

In the last thirty years, the big pharmaceutical companies have transformed themselves into marketing machines selling dangerous medicines as if they were Coca-Cola or Cadillacs. Download Our Daily Meds medical books for free.
They pitch drugs with video games and soft cuddly toys for children; promote them in churches and subways, at NASCAR races and state fairs. They've become experts at promoting fear of disease, just so they can sell us hope. ANo question: drugs can save lives. But the relentless marketing that has enriched corporate executives and sent stock prices soaring has come with a dark side. Prescription pills taken as directed by physicians are estimated to kill one American every five minutes. And that figure doesn't reflect the damage done as the overmedicated take to th Get Our Daily Meds our bestseller medical books.

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They pitch drugs with video games and soft cuddly toys for children; promote them in churches and subways, at NASCAR races and state fairs. They've become experts at promoting fear of disease, just so they can sell us hope. ANo question: drugs can save lives. But the relentless marketing that has enriched corporate executives and sent stock prices soaring has come with a dark side And that figure doesn't reflect the damage done as the overmedicated take to th

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