Article: Did You Know - January 2003
Did You Know - January 2003
by: Dr. Janet Starr Hull, Ph.D., CN
http://www.sweetpoison.com/newsletter/
We Americans are on pace to spend nearly $200 billion on our
meds this year. That's more than the federal government paid last
year for education, agriculture, transportation, and the environment
combined.
Viagra was originally developed to treat angina; that whole erection thing was just a pleasant surprise. Prior to 1997, drug makers were required to disclose so many side effects on their ads as to make TV spots unworkable. So, new FDA rules allow them to make their claims unimpeded as long as they offer a phone number or Web site or reference a magazine ad where consumers can get the fine print.
