HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Drug Discovery, Medicalization, Fluoxetine
8 Dec 2016
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First conference held at pfizer foundation hall for humanism in medicine. 1997 cape cod meeting, 50% pharma employees, 50% investigators who have experience with, or special interest in working collaboratively with drug industry co- chair. Closed door session produces new classification of disorders of desire, arousal, orgasm to be used in mental health settings : of 19 authors, 18 had ties to pharma. Jama articles total prevalence of fsd for women aged 18-59 was 43: authors belatedly revealed links to pfizer. Figure repeated as if universally accepted criteria for disorder was minimal reduced desire for sexual activity, anxiety about sexual performance, losing arousal midway through sex . Involves more than 1 people receiving the diagnosis. Latrogenesis: when harm is caused by medicine, when you go to the hospital to get surgery done on your elbow and through the process, you get an infection. Economic waste: health care, money goes out of our pocket into theirs.
