Pill Popping Pets
Submitted on Jul 20, 2008 (Original item from 2008)
Companion Animals | Pet Ownership | Pharmaceutical, Medical or Biomedical Research | Social Marketing
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The practice of prescribing medications designed for humans to animals has grown substantially over the past decade and a half, and pharmaceutical companies have recently begun experimenting with a more direct strategy: marketing behavior-modification and "lifestyle" drugs specifically for pets. The New York Times reports that the combination of new drug therapies and training techniques can solve problems that previously have led to euthanasia.
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