The official website for the drug Olanzapine probably didn’t mention the fact it might cause diabetic symptoms in patients. Another website obviously did. Commercials on TV now are required to mention possible side effects. Should drug companies be required to come clean about situations like the one with Eli Lilly’s Olanzapine in their commercial websites? Why or why not?
I have always thought that drug companies should be required to come clean about situations, especially when it puts your health at risk! I know that most of the time when you look at the commercials on TV, websites or even on the radio the print is so fine or the talking is so fast at the end of the commercial that you can’t even comprehend what is being said or read what the side effects are. It is interesting to me that the official website wouldn’t mention the side effects of the drug but another website would. I think this shows a lot about a company’s character and for a company to not provide that sort of information is wrong to the individuals exposed to the drug. I think that if a company does come clean on side effects that have gone wrong in patients it does show that there can be complications in taking the drug but it also shows the character of that company. And when I say come clean I mean a thorough explanation not a quick sentence at the end of a commercial or website. To have a good reputation weather it is represented on a website, TV commercial, radio etc I think that all information, good or bad should be required to be mentioned.
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