Thank you for your most important article. Looks as if the
pharmaceutical companies will stop at nothing. I recall a time, not too
long ago, when "obsessive-compulsive SPECTRUM disorder" was used to push
the off-label use of an SSRI. Although the "entity" may not have been
invented by a drug company (it was used by cognative behavioral
therapists), it was certainly incorporated into pharmaceutical ads. I
don't see it anymore. Perhaps, the ads cured the ailment.
Rapid Response:
An earlier example of use of invented disease
Thank you for your most important article. Looks as if the
pharmaceutical companies will stop at nothing. I recall a time, not too
long ago, when "obsessive-compulsive SPECTRUM disorder" was used to push
the off-label use of an SSRI. Although the "entity" may not have been
invented by a drug company (it was used by cognative behavioral
therapists), it was certainly incorporated into pharmaceutical ads. I
don't see it anymore. Perhaps, the ads cured the ailment.
I'd be interested in your take on this.
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