1999 - 2000 Archive
Program #7
A special edition of Your Health - Living with chronic pain, We examine the treatments, the misconceptions and the prognosis. We all know what pain feels like. Childbirth is painful. Stubbing your toe can hurt like heck. But for millions of Canadians, the pain isn't transitory. It's chronic pain. And it changes their life. Meet Bonnie, Al, Rod and Ann. And try to imagine what it's like to feel pain 24 hours a day.
We look at how the health profession helps sufferers. Dr Brian Goldman is a physician, a pain consultant and a medical journalist. Second Opinion Almost anything that can be sold, can be advertised. But not prescription drugs. In Canada, pharmaceutical companies aren't allowed to market their drugs directly to you -- the consumer. Now those companies are lobbying Ottawa hard to change that.
Second Opinion
Dr. Joel Lexchin, a drug industry critic, says people need information about medicines -- not a sales pitch.
 |
||
|
© TVOntario, 2003 Disclaimer |
||
|
This
website contains general information on the stories featured on Your Health.
Although it’s our goal to provide comprehensive information on health
and medical issues, please be advised that we cannot provide individual
medical advice on specific health problems.
|
© TVOntario, 2000