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The amount of information available from and about the pharmaceutical industry, the drugs they produce and their marketing tactics is staggering. As I run across websites and other resources that have outstanding information related to this field I'll list them below.
OpenSecrets.org OpenSecrets.org is your
nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public
policy. Whether you’re a voter, journalist, activist, student or
interested citizen, use our free site to shine light on your
government. In looking through this site you can find all
sorts of valuable data regarding the influence the pharmaceutical
industry has on our government including how much they contribute to
campaigns and how much they spend lobbying.
http://OpenSecrets.org ProPublica.org "Journalism in the Public
Interest" These people have done an intense amount of
research into the pharmaceutical companies and how much money they
pay to doctors for things such as speaking, "consulting" , education
and basically marketing to patients and other doctors.
http://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/ Drugs.com This site has a great deal of information about drugs (obviously). Although it is very pro-drugs and pharmaceutical it also has some interesting data including sales statistics for the top selling prescription drugs. You kind find that information for 2009 here: http://www.drugs.com/top200_units.html
PublicCitizen.org "Protecting Health, Safety and Democracy" Serving as an overall watchdog for the public. this website stays current with vital information about prescription drugs. "Americans are bombarded with ads that begin with “Talk to your doctor about…” and plug some pharmaceutical product or device. And many doctor-patient encounters end with a prescription of some sort. The rising cost of drugs and devices is a major contributor to overall health costs in this country; whether or not we are getting value for money is an open question." http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=1249
WorstPills.org This is an independent, expert site offering a second opinion for prescription drug information and and harmful effects. http://WorstPills.org
Citizen's Commission on Human Rights If you are looking for accurate and unbiased information a psychiatric drugs this is one of the best places to look. They have a searchable database of psychiatric medications and the adverse events reported to the FDA's Medwatch system connected with these drugs. http://CCHRInt.org
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