Dollars and Sense; Over-the-counter Medicine. Part 1
Description:
This program -- the premiere of a new NET series exploring consumer products, prices, and quality -- focuses on over-the counter drugs. Specifically, the program examines cough medicines, sleeping tablets, aspirin, and motion-sickness pills, many of which are misrepresented to the buying public. Brand names of many of these drugs are given and leading authorities to examine whether some of these drugs actually provide the relief sought, and whether, in some cases they are actually harmful. Dr. William M. OBrien, assistant professor at Yale University and medical adviser to Consumers Union whose findings were made available to NET discusses misrepresentation among some brand-name drugs. Dr. Thomas De Kornfeld of the University of Michigan discusses results of a study of aspirin in which he participated. Dr. Maurice Tainter, vice president of Sterling Drug, Inc., manufacturers of Bayer aspirin, and Dr. Kenneth Hurley of Menley and James, a division of Smith, Kline & French, makers of Contac, comment on behalf of their companies. Dollars and Sense is a National Educational Television production. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) Dollars and Sense explores consumer products, prices, and quality. The series consists of 4 half-hour episodes produced in 1966 by NET, which were originally recorded on videotape. After the 4-episode season of Dollars and Sense, the series changed its name to Your Dollar's Worth and continued to air from 1966-1970.
