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direct to consumer advertising

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advertising and marketing drugs and bring patients to engage in our diagnosis and treatment
“ask your doctor if ___ applies to you”

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medicalization

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nonmedical problems becoming defined and treated as medical issues and getting the classification as illnesses and disorders

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third party payers

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insurance companies

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medical markets

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advertising, “designer drugs”, standardization of services into product lines –> marketization

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SSRI

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  • selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
    -psychoactive drug that includes paxil and prozac
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paxil

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beginning of depression market of drugs

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menopause

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loss of fertility as a result of aging in women –> production of eggs ceases

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andropause

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age related decline in testosterone in men; fatigue; lower libido; depression
NO LOSS OF FERTILITY

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androgenetic alopecia

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baldness: common bodily occurrence and usually symptom of underlying disease or condition

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dihydrotestosterone

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male hormone that causes production of fine unpigmented hair common in baldness

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rogaine

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heart disease medicine that ended up producing hair for men that experience baldness

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erectile dysfunction

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male impotence or sexual dysfunction

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when did erectile dysfunction become biogenic issue

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1992

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14
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viagra

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first non invasive medical treatment for erectile dysfunction

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ADHD

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concerns over over diagnosis and treatment of middle aged men

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medical surveillance

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increased monitoring of individuals who are ill, potentially ill or NOW may have genetic susceptibility

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medical control

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therapies, medicines, surgeries, changes in behavior/body or psychic state of individual

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disability rights movement

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made medical issue, a social issue