"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
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>
> Our GP told the DH that he actually has people coming into his office
> asking for Brand Du Jour, essentially self-diagnosing and
> self-prescribing. I cannot for the life of me understand why drug
> companies are allowed to advertise -

> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd


There are 2 very simple answers to your statement/question albeit
rhetorical in nature.

1. Payola to congress by the ethical drug lobbyists.
2. The desire of the drug companies to improve our lives in the same way
as DuPont
( for those too young to remember DuPont - Better living through
chemistry)

Dimitri