Drug Companies Advertise and Americans Listen
March 6, 2008 - By Peggy Peck, Executive Editor, MedPage Today
BOSTON, March 6 -- Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs has had a major impact on how patients deal with their doctors, confirmed a nationally representative a survey of American adults.
They survey found that 91% of the patients said they have heard or seen the ads, and 32% said they discussed the advertised drugs with their doctors. And physicians apparently listened to what patients were saying, the survey found. Forty-four percent of those who talked to their doctors about an advertised drug were given a prescription for that drug, and 54% said their doctor gave them another prescription. The net result: 82% said they received a prescription when they brought up a drug ad.
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