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Article: Antidote.(media coverage of Ambien side effects)
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- Medical Marketing & Media
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- May 1, 2006
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Litigation continues over Vioxx, where a statistically remote risk of heart disease is twisted to favor money-seeking defendants in a way that no self-respecting physician would ever endorse.
Meanwhile, the media have begun beating the stuffing out of another drug, Ambien, as they show pictures of drowsy sleepwalkers cooking or stuffing themselves at the refrigerator in the middle of the night, or write stories about the risks to motor vehicle operators.
But reporters don't always bother to state that these are very rare cases and that Ambien is a very safe drug that millions have tolerated quite well for years now.
Not only that--how many ...