Drug advertising in medical journals.
One hundred different drug advertisements from each of seven leading medical journals have been assessed. Information about drug interactions, adverse reactions, mode of action, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and cost was seldom provided in UK journals. A requirement should exist that drug advertisements include such clinically important information. Only a few pharmaceutical companies are attempting to educate doctors through their marketing and promotional material in advertisements in medical journals.
Department of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD.
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D000329:Advertising; D004345:Drug Industry; D035081:Editorial Policies; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations