[e-drug] Medicines advertising on TV (cont)

["Martin" <martin.rieder@berlin.de>]

E-drug: Medicines advertising on TV (cont)
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Dear E-druggers
  Being a medical doctor and having been working in Europe, Africa and
Asia over the last 9 years, the list of drugs advertised on TV in NZ
strikes me as I don't even know (apart from Omeprazole and Diclo) the
other drugs named. Am I thus far behind in my continuous medical
education or are these drugs (finasteride, sildenafil, rofecoxib ,
orlistat and bupropion hydrochloride) just not essential and only for
the benefit of shareholders?

Dr. Martin Rieder
Medical Co-ordinator
c/o Medecins sans Frontieres
P.O. Box 343557
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
"Martin" <martin.rieder@berlin.de>

[When I returned after working in Somalia for 6 years I found many 
drugs I had not heard of - mostly for 'life-style' diseases.  At the 
same time I was familiar with a range of diseases and drugs that my 
Australian colleagues were unfamiliar with.  Whether the drugs 
mentioned above are essential or not - I will leave that to 
e-druggers. BS]
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