tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post114660175121839862..comments2024-03-28T13:38:36.788-04:00Comments on Pharma Marketing Blog: Pre-emptive Drug Marketing?Vladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04114063498108633047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-1147346712433852982006-05-11T07:25:00.000-04:002006-05-11T07:25:00.000-04:00In some disease states being "pre-emptive" may hav...In some disease states being "pre-emptive" may have some value. It is hard to believe that diabetes or thyroid deficiency simply "appear" in patients. Bearing in mind that the approved medical description of these diseases is limited, could it be that early (off-label?) intervention might benefit patients?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-1146766166576849392006-05-04T14:09:00.000-04:002006-05-04T14:09:00.000-04:00The possibilities are endless. Now that drug compa...The possibilities are endless. Now that drug companies have convinced us that there's a condition called "pre-hypertension," can "pre-pre-hypertension" be far behind? After all, don't we all suffer from "pre-pre-hypertension?" And what about "pre-mortality syndrome?" What a market there'd be a for a drug to treat that!<BR/><BR/>This notion is particularly scary when you're talking about mental illnesses, many of which have fairly uncertain diagnoses to begin with, particularly for kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com