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Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs

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http://www.mediaed.orgBig Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication, and works in tandem with promotion to doctors. Combined, these industry practices shape how both patients and doctors understand and relate to disease and treatment. Ultimately, Big Bucks, Big Pharma challenges us to ask important questions about the consequences of relying on a for-profit industry for our health and well-being. Featuring interviews with Dr. Marcia Angell (Dept. of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Former Editor New England Journal of Medicine), Dr. Bob Goodman (Columbia University Medical Center; Founder, No Free Lunch), Gene Carbona (Former Pharmaceutical Industry Insider and Current Executive Director of Sales, The Medical Letter), Katharine Greider (Journalist; Author, The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers,), Dr. Elizabeth Preston (Dept. of Communication, Westfield State College), and Dr. Larry Sasich (Public Citizen Health Research Group).

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: ChallengingMedia

Length: 04:57
Rating: 4.67
Views: 32815

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aj010139 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
never take bupripion branded as zyban or wellbutine for smoking cessation or depression, that shit gave me arthritis and server hives which are and have until now lasted 1 month. im worried i will develop rheumatoid arthritis in the near future!
governslayer (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
people are so gullible in society today.they beleive everything their told.they can't seem to use their own common sense.
wiskawind (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Yes you are right! I have been learning about natural herbs for two years now, and you would be surprised how well they work, and how inexpensive they are! Also, they do no harm! I set up one room in my home as an Apothecary, and have jars filled with different herbs! Instead of aspirin, I use White Willow Bark power, and capsule it myself! Check out the history of the Bayer Co sometime; I wouldnt give those murdering bastards a penny of my money!
governslayer (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
there's no money in healthy people.big pharma wants people to remain sick.they've turned everyday common ailments into diseases and started pushing their toxic drugs on people.
wiskawind (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
TV programs people to be sick; Big Pharma rakes in the bucks!I have had RA for 26 years; Big Pharma almost killed me! I have been off all pharmaceuticals for two years now, just using natural herbs, and I feel GREAT! (smile)Also at 59, I dont take any flue shots and I never even get a cold, and I live in the Great Northwest! LOL
jefffaldalen (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Great video and I look forward to your next one. Hey if you get a chance, stop by my channel and check out what I have going on. Let me know when you have something up
sunnygirl213 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy come from the Greek word "pharmakeia" which means "sorcery" or "witchcraft".The staff with the wings and snakes is a Babylonian symbol called the "caduceus", it represents commerce (see also Mercury/merchant/Merck).
cincin3x (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
MERCK kept Vioxx on the market despite having evidence that the largely profitable arthitic drug posed major heart attack risks, This is public knowledge! So one must be a wise consumer too when taking drugs, look at a drug manual and out weigh the side effects.
BaloneyCrit (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
I think there's a new pill out for those who think they may be taking too many pills...
AndrewKFletcher (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Metformin Killed my Father!
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