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<blockquote data-quote="Thebrownblob" data-source="post: 6114499" data-attributes="member: 60485">“The <a href="https://www.fda.gov/drugs/prescription-drug-advertising/background-drug-advertising" target="_blank">Food and Drug Administration (FDA)</a> is the entity that allowed prescription drug ads on television, specifically in the mid-1980s. Before then, drug companies primarily advertised to doctors and pharmacists, not the general public. The FDA&#039;s decision allowed for <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;hl=en-us&amp;cs=1&amp;sca_esv=83dfe58a007e3a22&amp;q=direct-to-consumer+%28DTC%29&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjt0_LUtIeNAxXC_skDHRCCJzYQxccNegQIBBAB&amp;mstk=AUtExfBx-yqy5A5YQf0VqYD7umk574Y2UEcAaOt2KoIjwdJGyuubCM2cFuGOWrWvoX_DFemZnv3VHNqIAhcszdJNLBdzETwESxQ4XDZOfrr0NcrorIjlbMHftmuorMZvsADnELM&amp;csui=3" target="_blank">direct-to-consumer (DTC)</a> advertising, enabling drug companies to promote their products directly to consumers.”Weird why are they the ones deciding about advertising? I thought they were supposed to be just for safety?Who side are they on? And since they’re the ones that allow the advertising, when the medicine that is advertised is found out to cause injuries and deaths. Shouldn’t the FDA also be liable?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thebrownblob, post: 6114499, member: 60485"] “The [URL='https://www.fda.gov/drugs/prescription-drug-advertising/background-drug-advertising']Food and Drug Administration (FDA)[/URL] is the entity that allowed prescription drug ads on television, specifically in the mid-1980s. Before then, drug companies primarily advertised to doctors and pharmacists, not the general public. The FDA's decision allowed for [URL='https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&cs=1&sca_esv=83dfe58a007e3a22&q=direct-to-consumer+%28DTC%29&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt0_LUtIeNAxXC_skDHRCCJzYQxccNegQIBBAB&mstk=AUtExfBx-yqy5A5YQf0VqYD7umk574Y2UEcAaOt2KoIjwdJGyuubCM2cFuGOWrWvoX_DFemZnv3VHNqIAhcszdJNLBdzETwESxQ4XDZOfrr0NcrorIjlbMHftmuorMZvsADnELM&csui=3']direct-to-consumer (DTC)[/URL] advertising, enabling drug companies to promote their products directly to consumers.” Weird why are they the ones deciding about advertising? I thought they were supposed to be just for safety? Who side are they on? And since they’re the ones that allow the advertising, when the medicine that is advertised is found out to cause injuries and deaths. Shouldn’t the FDA also be liable? [/QUOTE]

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