https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2003/08/14/FDA-Smacks-Pravachol-for-Misleading--Ads.aspxDirect-to-consumer drug advertising has tripled to $2.8 billion worth a year since the FDA loosened restrictions in 1997. Manufacturers spend almost twice that amount on sales visits to doctors to promote their products, and another $2 billion on "educationalenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)