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The Big Business of Selling Prescription-Drug Records


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Credit: Tannen Maury/Bloomberg

Since the days of 19th century remedies such as castor oil laxatives and mercury syphilis tablets, pharmacists and patients have had a tacit understanding: Whatever you buy is confidential. No longer.

From Bloomberg Businessweek
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