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Disease mongering
Disease mongering
is derogatory term used to refer
to a controversial policy by
pharmaceutical companies
consisting of not only
advertising the drug that the
company is selling, but also of
"promoting" the
disease that the drug is aimed
at treating. Proponents of this
practice argue that the
pharmaceutical company are
only providing the public with
information about its options and
that actual
prescription is a matter to be
discussed between patient and
doctor. Opponents, however, claim
that this approach leads to the
unecessary
prescription of drugs, that it
is only about the profit of the
drug companies, and that it may
actually harm instead of help
patients.
