Which of the Following Is NOT True of Drug Therapies

question 100

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true of drug therapies?

• A) Drug therapies are often superficial and only provide temporary relief of symptoms.
• B) Side effects can be worse than the illness the drug is supposed to cure.
• C) The pharmaceutical industry is not sufficiently influential in research as it relates to drug testing.
• D) Many patients are overmedicated.

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