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DRUG DEALERS AND KIDS

Big Pharma Reps Use Disney Characters to Push Antipsychotic Drugs


How is this for creative selling? An AstraZeneca regional sales manager allegedly directed the sales reps in her region to use some of Winnie the Pooh’s well-known friends - specifically, Tigger and Eeyore - to promote the Seroquel antipsychotic.

http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/tiggergate-using-disney-icons-to-sell-seroquel/

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So is Walt.
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The perception that anti-depressants and anti-psycotics are overprescribed in the general population causes many people taking interferon to be reluctant to take these drugs when they may be needed. Seems like an appropriate topic for discussion to me.

Rocker:

Pooh had an eating disorder. Eeyore was chronically depressed and I guess Tigger had ADHD. We won't even get into Kanga's parenting skills.
As for these being Disney characters, A.A. Milne is rolling over in his grave.
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Calm down Danceswithbirdies. Are you having a bad day today? If you are, we can all relate.
For some reason Rocker seems to be an easy target. Lord knows, I’ve leashed out at him for no rational reason and I apologize for it.
We have always used this Board as a Social Gathering to communicate sometimes on topics that have nothing to do with HCV. Sometimes we need a break from HCV. If this side has benefited me in only one way, it helped me realize that there is more to a “Hepper’s Life than HCV.
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Isnt this the social side of the fourm where you can post interesting topics?
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This has NOTHING to do with Hep C. Please find an appropriate forum for you conspiracy theory, etc. posts.
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WOW. Was Elmer Fud a homicidal maniac? Maybe he was on psych meds which drove him to go kill some poor little wabits. hmmm… What about the tazmanian devil?

In all seriousness, this incident is an extension of the drug pushers mentality that is fostered by the mega giant corporations they work for. That’s why 90% of state foster children are given on average 5 psych drugs.
The US congress needs to expand their investigations and prosecute all involved in chemically assaulting our society and our nations future. May we should tell http://www.change.org that it’s time t outlaw fictitious diseases
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