Drug companies coming clean

The official website for the drug Olanzapine probably didn’t mention the fact it might cause diabetic symptoms in patients. Another website obviously did. Commercials on TV now are required to mention possible side effects. Should drug companies be required to come clean about situations like the one with Eli Lilly’s Olanzapine in their commercial websites? Why or why not?



 I think drug companies need to come clean and should be required to inform consumers of possible side effects and known problems with a specific drug.  Though this may not be appealing for a drug company to do because it essentially can limit the amount of consumers of your product because they are afraid of the side effects.  However it seems only ethical to inform consumers of such conditions.  Though a side effect may not seem life threatening, every individual is different and what might not harm one individual can and will harm another.  Overall these drug companies are playing with the lives of individuals by not providing information regarding side effects to their consumers.  No one is asking these companies to a big flashing presentation stating all the side effects there drugs is known to produce, but by simply adding a section to their website that provides this sort of information is essential.  By doing this lives can be saved even if that means a few less dollars for the company.  Overall the companies need to ask themselves is someone's life really worth a few extra dollars?