Pharmaceutical companies have been accused of creating and promoting ______________.

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Pharmaceutical companies have been accused of medicalizing certain sexual problems to create a need for medication. This is known as disease mongering or medicalization of normal human conditions, where companies promote their products by exaggerating the severity of a condition and marketing it as a disease in need of treatment. Examples of this include the promotion of male baldness as a medical condition and the marketing of drugs to enhance sexual desire in women.

Pharmaceutical Companies Have Been Accused of Creating and Promoting ______________