It is important for the nurse to be aware of what related to the way drugs are marketed?
A) The adverse effects the advertisements do not mention
B) What magazines and Web sites contain the advertisement
C) What patients are seeing in the advertisements about these drugs
D) The name of the cheerful, happy models who are advertising these drugs
C
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As the marketing power for prescription drugs continues to grow, the nurse must be constantly aware of what patients are seeing, what the ads are claiming, and the real data behind the indications and contraindications for these "hot" drugs. The Food and Drug Administration regulates the information that needs to be contained within medication ads. Where the patient saw the ad and the actors in the ads are unimportant.
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