{"id":6786,"date":"2010-08-05T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/pharma-symptom-quiz-goes-to-dogs\/"},"modified":"2019-02-21T01:21:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:21:39","slug":"pharma-symptom-quiz-goes-to-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/blog\/pharma-symptom-quiz-goes-to-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharma Symptom Quiz Goes to the Dogs!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have often criticized the “symptom quizzes” that are found on many drug.com sites for not being very useful to patients. In fact, they are more useful to marketers (see, for example “OMG! Do I Have ED or ‘Low T?’ Or Both?! Pharma ‘Symptom Quizzes’ Are NOT in the Best Interest of Patient Health!<\/a>“).<\/p>\n

These tests are promoted as a way to measure your “risk” of having a medical condition such as congestive heart failure (CHF). The tests are often designed in such a way that practically everyone who completes the quiz is told they have some level of risk. For an example of how this works, see: “You Must Score Better than 84% on Viagra’s Sexual Health Quiz to NOT Have Signs of ED.<\/a>“<\/p>\n

Now, Boehringer Ingleheim (find out how to pronounce it here<\/a>) alerted me via its @boehringerus<\/a> Twitter account to a new CHF risk quiz: “Is Your Dog at Risk of CHF? Visit http:\/\/ht.ly\/2lpvJ for helpful information.” Yes! A CHF risk quiz for your dog! <\/p>\n

Of course, my dog can’t fill out the form (maybe some day there’ll be an app for that). So, I filled it out. You can choose from a number of dog breeds or just choose the politically correct choice for “mutt,” ie, “Mixed breed\/None of the above,” which is what I did.<\/p>\n

For symptoms, you can choose:<\/p>\n