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Dr. Drew Paid $275K to Promote Antidepressant
KTLA News ^ | July 6, 2012 | staff reporter

Posted on 07/07/2012 7:37:04 PM PDT by Daffynition

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Celebrity addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky is under fire for helping market an antidepressant for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

GlaxoSmithKline, which makes the drug Wellbutrin, agreed to pay a $3 million fine on Friday in a Boston courthouse.

The British drugmaker reportedly paid "Lifechangers" host Dr. Drew $275,000 to promote the antidepressant for non-approved uses such as obesity, addictions and sexual dysfunction.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: drdrew; glaxosmithkline; wellbutrin
If it quacks like a duck....
1 posted on 07/07/2012 7:37:09 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Like Dr. Oz. He promotes some far out carp for weight loss just about every day. These guys are no longer doctors. They are celebrities pedaling snake oil.


2 posted on 07/07/2012 7:41:33 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Daffynition

Like Dr. Oz. He promotes some far out carp for weight loss just about every day. These guys are no longer doctors. They are celebrities pedaling snake oil.


3 posted on 07/07/2012 7:42:29 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Daffynition

Docs do this all the time . . .and it is WRONG. Never liked the idiot anyway.


4 posted on 07/07/2012 8:09:10 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: RIghtwardHo

Many drugs have off label use. Beta blockers are used for anxiety and stage fright. Drugs to treat osteoporosis are used to treat Pagets disease and giant cell tumors. The thing is you need a good doctor to decide if the risks outweight any possible benefit.


5 posted on 07/07/2012 8:11:55 PM PDT by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: RIghtwardHo

Many drugs have off label use. Beta blockers are used for anxiety and stage fright. Drugs to treat osteoporosis are used to treat Pagets disease and giant cell tumors. The thing is you need a good doctor to decide if the risks outweight any possible benefit.


6 posted on 07/07/2012 8:11:55 PM PDT by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: LukeL

YES....and I don’t trust the FDA much anyhow...they go after (sue) walnut manufacturers for touting the heart health benefits of walnuts, while letting Frito Lay tout their chips as a health food.....


7 posted on 07/07/2012 8:18:21 PM PDT by goodnesswins (What has happened to America?)
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To: Daffynition
Now that is depressing.
8 posted on 07/07/2012 8:38:44 PM PDT by Tupelo (TeaPartier ..... but no longer a Republican)
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To: fatnotlazy

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta promoted Obamacare last week so he’s a quack as well.


9 posted on 07/07/2012 8:56:23 PM PDT by Mozilla (Constitution Party)
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To: Daffynition

Wellbutrin is reported to be very effective at enhancing libido in some women. I wonder if Dr. Drew was paid to promote this aspect of the drug.


10 posted on 07/07/2012 9:41:25 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded
Dr. Drew used to be on KROQ'S Loveline Show hosted by The Poorman, a local Orange County guy who now hosts a TV Show that consists of interviewing Strippers. His main sponsors are Medical Marijuana Dispensaries.

KROQ is a Los Angeles Alternative Rock Station. Dr. Drew hit the big time and hasn't looked back.

In his KROQ days, he told Teenage Girls who called in that giving their Boyfriend a Lewinski was just fine and dandy.

Dr. Drew, just another phony Elitist who sold out to the man for a big payday.

11 posted on 07/07/2012 9:57:33 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Godfathercare, either your Freedom or your Money will be on that Insurance Policy.)
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To: Daffynition

One in four woman take this crap.


12 posted on 07/08/2012 12:02:35 AM PDT by Domangart
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To: wideminded

I took Wellbutrin for Bipolar disorder and I lost 20 pounds due to vomiting.I was not able to put the weight back on for quite some time.

As far as my libido is concerned,well....


13 posted on 07/08/2012 12:43:36 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (It's hurricane season! Yay!)
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To: Domangart

I did,but not for sexual reasons. *chuckle*

My libido is in orbit,LOL!


14 posted on 07/08/2012 12:51:54 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (It's hurricane season! Yay!)
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To: LukeL

Your tagline is a hoot.


15 posted on 07/08/2012 12:57:36 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (It's hurricane season! Yay!)
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To: Daffynition


16 posted on 07/08/2012 2:26:38 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: wideminded
It's true and buproprion is approved for smoking cessation, arguable an addiction.

I recall that corporations won a first amendment case on government restricting their free speech. Drug reps were not allowed to show doctors published scientific papers, if they included off-label information. This is a freedom of speech issue.

17 posted on 07/08/2012 6:11:17 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (.Are they stupid, malicious or evil?)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Good to know....I lump this guy in with Dr. Phil and a whole bunch of unscrupulous televangelists.


18 posted on 07/08/2012 12:11:11 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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