Purdue Pharma: Masters at Pill Marketing *The following is an excerpt from an article "The Medicating of America," by Bryan Silver, published in Living Safer Magazine and The Legal Examiner. Purdue Pharma: Masters at Pill Marketing   It was in 1952 that psychiatrist-by-trade brothers Arthur, Raymond and Mortimer Sackler purchased a small pharmaceutical company called Purdue, [...]

What Do We Prescribe for the Future? *The following is an excerpt from an article "The Medicating of America," by Bryan Silver, published in Living Safer Magazine and The Legal Examiner. What Do We Prescribe for the Future? Unfortunately, some of the topics touched on here are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes [...]

Does Health Insurance Help or Hurt the Situation? *The following is an excerpt from an article “The Medicating of America,” published in Living Safer Magazine and The Legal Examiner. Does Health Insurance Help or Hurt the Situation? Understanding the methodology of drug pricing can be frustrating, and it only adds fuel to the fire when you […]

Is Big Pharma Simply Enjoying Profits or Fostering Profiteering? *The following is an excerpt from an article “The Medicating of America,” published in Living Safer Magazine and The Legal Examiner. Is Big Pharma Simply Enjoying Profits or Fostering Profiteering? Five of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world each made a profit margin of more than […]

Studies Drug Companies Don’t Want You to See *The following is an excerpt from an article “The Medicating of America,” published in Living Safer Magazine and The Legal Examiner. Before a pharmaceutical drug can be sold in the U.S., it must first be approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). Part of this process is requiring […]

Big Pharma and Advertising By Bryan Silver *The following is an excerpt from an article “The Medicating of America,” published in Living Safer Magazine and The Legal Examiner. So when did this all start? You need to go back a few decades, but there was a time when pharmaceutical companies did no direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription […]

Sackler Brothers and Oxycontin By Bryan Silver *The following is an excerpt from an article “The Medicating of America,” published in Living Safer Magazine and The Legal Examiner. After moderate success at manufacturing over the counter type remedies, the Sackler brothers used their backgrounds in medicine to “tweak” a drug that had been around since 1917. […]