Direct|to|Consumer Drug Advertisement and Prescribing Practices

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertisement and Prescribing Practices

DTCA increases prescription requests, increases the likelihood of prescription, and increases both appropriate and inappropriate prescribing.

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertisement and Prescribing Practices

Direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription drugs has increased dramatically in the past two decades. The effect of this increase ...

Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations concerning direct-to- consumer ...

Association of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs ...

Importance Consumers in the US are exposed to unprecedented high levels of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription drugs, yet ...

Harvard Health Ad Watch: How direct-to-consumer ads hook us

Additionally, ads must state medication risks and ways to get more information. The FDA's goal is to assure prescription drug information is " ...

Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements of Prescription Drugs | AMA-Code

Direct-to-consumer advertising may raise awareness about diseases and treatment and may help inform patients about the availability of new diagnostic tests, ...

The problem with direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising

Advertising companies soon capitalized on this trend and the first drug advertisement appeared on television in 1981. After asking for a ...

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertisement and Prescribing Practices

Findings from an online survey of U.S. adults (n = 628) demonstrated that exposure ... [Show full abstract] to DTCA is positively associated with consumers' ...

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertisement and Prescribing Practices

Existing observational and experimental studies demonstrate that DTCA increases prescription requests, increases the likelihood of ...

A Decade of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs

Evidence suggests that direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs increases pharmaceutical sales and both helps to avert underuse ...

Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising - JAMA Network

Proponents and critics tend to agree that DTC advertising is likely to increase prescription drug use and cost. Previous studies have shown that DTC ...

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads, Patient Autonomy, and the ...

Surveys conducted in communities and in clinical settings indicate that direct-to-consumer advertising motivates consumers to seek care and request ...

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs - CRS Reports

In 1962, Congress gave the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certain authorities to regulate prescription drug advertising. Except in extreme ...

Does Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Directly Harm Patients? | TIME

Aside from the fact that millions of dollars are annually spent on DTC prescription drug advertising, numerous previous studies have ...

Impact of direct-to-consumer drug advertising during the Super Bowl ...

Prior research has shown that DTCA of prescription drugs impact patients' requests for medications, physician prescribing, and subsequently, drug utilization.5, ...

FDA's Final Rule on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising

[2] The Rule complements longstanding requirements, including risk information in prescription drug ads, setting standards for the manner in ...

A Decade of Controversy: Balancing Policy With Evidence in the ...

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription drugs has remained controversial since regulations were liberalized by the Food and Drug Administration ...

Addicted to Advertising: Should the U.S. Continue to Allow Direct-to ...

Clear drug advertisements that communicate accurate risks and benefits of a prescription drug allow consumers to make informed choices and may ...

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals

Direct-to-consumer advertising stimulates discussions between patients and providers and may stimulate increased prescription drug use. •. The future of direct- ...

Direct-to-consumer advertising - Wikipedia

Many countries ban any advertising of prescription drugs directly to consumers. There are ethical and regulatory concerns regarding DTCA, specifically the ...