Newspapers like the New York Times have published articles about “diseases” and their effects on ordinary people. In the case of Detrol, reports of middle-aged people constantly having to empty their bladders lead many Americans to question their habits. Pharmacia used polls and opinion polls as statistics, and several journalists used these polls in their articles. Although the FDA warned Pharmacia that its statistics had no evidentiary support, the pharmaceutical company continued to sell the disease and the drug to the American public. Companies like Pharmacia were ruthless in trying to sell their products