The Truth about Drug and Pharmaceutical Advertising
Channel: Dr. Barry Sears
Date: 2024-03-13

This week in the Wellness Zone Podcast with Dr. Barry Sears and Mary Perry, we're examining what's actually true when it comes to drug and pharmaceutical advertising. How well do these drugs ACTUALLY work? And how to factor in "Number Needed To Treat".

00:00 Intro
00:40 What does "Number Needed to Treat" tell us?
1:09 Aspirin, from treating a headache to preventing a heart attack. How effective is it?
3:27 How effective are statins in preventing heart attacks?
5:24 Why are aspirin and statins thought of as wonder drugs? 
5:41 Wonder drugs activate AMPK. As does Metabolic Engineering
6:39 Drug advertisers are here to take your money
7:24 Evidence-based medicine statistics found at https://thennt.com/
9:33 Why drug advertising is evasive about risks and side effects

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