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They were popular; they were being promoted. So, that's where we are today in terms of Big Pharma. It's more than a coincidence that many of the most expensive medications happen to be those medications that are most heavily advertised.S.8 million to promote Vioxx to consumers—more than PepsiCo spent to advertise Pepsi or Budweiser spent to advertise its beer, the study said. Ephedra Fact And Fiction by Mike Fillon, page 178 Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent by pharmaceutical companies to research and then advertise their patented medical drugs to physicians and consumers. This advertising is directed at both doctors, and directly to the public. For example, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer purchased all of the advertising space in an entire issue of Time magazine on the "Future of Medicine. Herbal Defense by Ralph T Golan ND, page 210 Anyone who watches television cannot but help notice a new trend in the past couple of years — suddenly our TV programs are flooded with advertisements for dozens of new prescription drugs.D.I." Most doctors in this country are visited on a regular basis by "representatives," salesmen from large pharmaceutical companies. Overdose by Jay S Cohen, page 56 In fact, pharmaceutical companies spend more than 21 billion dollars a year on promoting and marketing their products, of which about 88 percent is directed at physicians. Medication package inserts, drug advertising toward physicians and consumers, and the information in the ubiquitous Physicians' Desk Reference come directly from the drug companies. In 1985, the PAC teamed up with the FDA to solicit funds from the pharmaceutical industry for the purpose of combating medical quackery. As a result, the drug industry correctly believes it can get away with more violative advertising than in the past. One flagrant example of physicians aiding in marketing came to light when a whistleblower charged that Warner-Lambert had engaged in unlawful off-label marketing of the anti-epilepsy drug, Neurontin. Gary Null's Prescription For Disaster video documentary, which is available at the Gary Null website and is a must-see video for anyone who wants to know the truth about the pharmaceutical industry and the FDA. MANETTE: Dr. Drug safety is about five percent.