About the Authors

Jeffrey R. Lacasse

jeffrey.lacasse@asu.edu

Affiliation School of Social Work, College of Public Programs, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Jonathan Leo

Affiliation Lincoln Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harrogate, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no financial conflicts of interest. JL and JRL are members of Healthy Skepticism, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing harm from misleading drug promotion. JRL serves on the management board of Healthy Skepticism.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JRL JL. Wrote the first draft of the paper: JRL. Contributed to the writing of the paper: JRL JL.