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TV Ads for Statins Drive Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment According to Study

  • March 20, 2013
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  • For the last 16 years, the United States is one of only two countries that allows drugs to be advertised on TV. A new study assessing the effect of direct-to-consumer drug advertising concluded that TV ads for statins may be a driving factor of overdiagnosis of high cholesterol and overtreatment with the drugs

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