I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Do You Read Cooking Light? Why Not Try Coreg?

I just looked up and caught an ad on television for Coreg, a heart medication used for congestive heart failure and high blood pressure. The ad ends with the statement, "As Seen in Cooking Light Magazine."

I like Coreg, I use it a lot, but... Cooking Light Magazine?

A group of medical school professors recently endorsed a statement against direct-to-consumer marketing of drugs. It's not hard to understand why.

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