Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Eric Topol says the problems with Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex should make the government rethink its policy of allowing direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising.
Topol says, "Unbridled promotion exacerbated the public health problem. The combination of mass promotion of a medicine with an unknown and suspect safety profile cannot be tolerated in the future."
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