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Big Pharma Apologist Agrees On Overselling of Testosterone

When a prominent reporter for a major national magazine, known for his defense of “Big Pharma” starts criticizing that same industry for its behavior, you know something is definitely wrong.

In his latest piece for Forbes, John Mattina writes that he is often irritated by “Big Pharma critics who claim that the industry invents diseases.” However, in the same article, he himself criticizes the industry for literally inventing a disease in order to sell more product.

“In their zeal to maximize sales, these companies have utilized a large marketing campaign,” Mattina acknowledges. “In doing so, [they] have promoted a condition coined 'Low–T'.” This of course is Madison Avenue's description of “low testosterone,” a natural consequence of aging. It is in a way similar to what happens to women around age fifty, when their production of estrogen abruptly ceases. The difference is that in men, the process is a gradual one, taking place over the decades after age 30.

Mattina calls the entire campaign an example of “Pharma’s penchant for turning something as simple as aging into a disease.”

Dr. John LaPuma, writing for the New York Times, agrees. In fact, he says that Big Pharma should actually know better.   Similar hormone-replacement therapy for women in the 1990s resulted in elevated risk for heart attack, strokes and breast cancer.

Should these pharmaceutical companies, in their never-ending quest to maximize profits at the expense of patient health and well being, have known about the risks of similar, unneceesary hormone-replacement therapy for men?

Increasingly, members of the legal community think so – and believe the companies who are aggressively marketing this “cure” for “Low-T” should be held accountable. If you or a loved one have been sold unnecessary testosterone treatments and have suffered health issues that you believe are a result – such as a heart attack – contact our offices for a free, no-obligation case evaluation.

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