Response: Re: Marketing Messages in Continuing Medical Education (CME) Modules on Binge-Eating Disorder (BED)

[摘要] No one disputes that drug companies provide educational grants for continuing medical education (CME); as the largest CME provider in the country, Medscape receives substantial funds from industry. In this case, all 3 Medscape activities1–3 were funded by Shire. Medscape’s modules on binge-eating disorder (BED) contain many marketing messages, including linking BED to obesity, and linking lisdexamfetamine with weight loss. Omissions are important, too: not one of Medscape’s modules mention that lisdexamfetamine, like other amphetamines, has a high potential for abuse, and other serious harms including stroke and sudden death.

[学科分类] 过敏症与临床免疫学