The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde 165: "Deceptive practices to advertise mental health services online."
In Episode 143, host Bidemi Ologunde talked about the increasing demand for online health services and stimulants, which started trending upwards sometime in 2019, and how some startup companies have been spending millions of dollars on social media to advertise and make it easier to obtain prescription drugs that treat mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, and ADHD. Not surprisingly, many patients used those online services to get prescription drugs after claiming that TikTok ads convinced them they had ADHD.
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde discussed some recent developments regarding these startups, why they are now halting the prescription of controlled medications, and why major pharmacies are no longer filling the prescriptions that are ordered by the physicians and psychiatrists who work for these mental health startups, as well as news about ongoing investigations by the United States Federal Trade Commission into these startups’ business practices.
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