| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Legal
USA. Purdue Pharma Edits Public Service Ad In Washington Post
USA. Purdue Pharma Edits Public Service Ad In Washington Post
In a new public service ad, drugmaker Purdue Pharma suggested that taking opioids such as its painkiller OxyContin even as prescribed can prove dangerous — then appeared to backtrack a few days later.
“We are acutely aware of the public health risks opioid analgesics can create, even when taken as prescribed,” Purdue wrote in a full-page advocacy ad published July 19 in The Washington Post.
But a version of the same ad published in the July 24 Washington Post omits the words “even when taken as prescribed.” The ad is otherwise identical. (KHN – Kaiser Health News, 24.07.2018)
https://khn.org/news/purdue-pharma-edits-public-service-ad-in-washington-post