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This paper explores the problems inherent in pharmaceutical advertising, gifts to physicians, and polypharmacy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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to sooth all of our ills. Just as we have developed a "supersize it" mentality when it comes to aspects of our lives such as fast food, SUVs, and
houses; we have also developed that mentality with prescription drugs. While just a couple of generations ago it was more uncommon than common for an individual to be taking
any sort of prescription drug, today just the opposite is true. This phenomenon has been attributed to a variety of factors ranging from an increase in our understanding of
illness and the corresponding improvement in the way we treat it, to the ever increasing psychological and physiological stressors that characterize our modern world. In "Generation Rx", however, author
Greg Critser presents a convincing argument that big business, i.e. the pharmaceutical industry itself, has carefully orchestrated our growing dependence on prescription drugs. Critser (2007) argues that the drugs
are altering American lives, minds, and bodies in ways that few of us would ever imagine. Numerous independent researchers offer evidence that back this contention up. Statistics
do, in fact, demonstrate an phenomenal increase over time in the number of prescriptions that the typical American uses. This number grew from an average of seven in 1993
to an average of eleven in 2000 to an average of twelve in 2004 (Critser, 2007). At the time of Critsers publication of "Generation Rx", Americans had a total
of three billion prescriptions at an annual cost of around $180 billion (Critser, 2007). Critser (2007) projects that this cost will increase to $414 billion by 2011.
Critser (2007) attributes our growing use of prescription drugs to the predominant belief that "pills can and will do everything from guarding us against our excesses of drink, food, and
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