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I saw a commercial today for Veozah. It's prescribed to menopausal women for hot flashes. They listed one of the side effects as hot flashes. WTF?



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BTW, the Jardiance commercial has been retooled with a different rotund girl. The original was apparently annoying to more folks than just me.



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It does make diagnosis and treatment much easier. You really don’t even need to see a doctor.
Just call in your problem, suggest a treatment, and pick up your prescription. Everything you need to know is in the commercial.
 
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Only the US and New Zealand allow this. Link. IMHO it's a very bad thing.



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Originally posted by vinnybass:
I saw a commercial today for Veozah. It's prescribed to menopausal women for hot flashes. They listed one of the side effects as hot flashes. WTF?


This means a statistically significant number of people reported having this side effect during the study. Some of those people could have been taking placebo pills. Or maybe it is just ineffective.




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When I retire, I am going to seriously search out a job with Big Phara!
I want to be the guy that comes up with the names for these medications!

That's what I always wonder when these ads come on: Who the hell makes up these names, and what are they smoking?

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For some of these drugs, the side effects are worse than the condition they treat.

There was one a while ago for, IIRC, a skin condition like psoriasis. The laundry list of serious side effects was mind blowing.

Yeah. Like "This shit might kill you, but it'll help clear up your skin."
 
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BTW, the Jardiance commercial has been retooled with a different rotund girl. The original was apparently annoying to more folks than just me.
I noticed that last night . Minor improvement . Still annoying though .
 
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BTW, the Jardiance commercial has been retooled with a different rotund girl. The original was apparently annoying to more folks than just me.
The vocals sound the same. Lip-syncing?
 
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Before the TV commercials there was the PDR or physicans desk reference. It came out every year and every doctor had one. It listed ALL the potential side effects and their frequency. Death was always one of them. In those days I would ask my PCP about side effects. It is always a balance between the disease and side effects. For example many antbiotics cause diarrhea. Knowing that he would suggest taking probiotics. Much more professinal IMO.
 
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many antbiotics cause diarrhea.
Doc suggested bismuth (as in Pepto Bismol).

I responded with a line, Gilbert & Sullivan if memory is correct: "And all I get is bismuth in a damn great spoon."



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The dancing and singing fat chick is my current favorite drug commercial. Roll Eyes


diabetes medicine ?, just spit ballin here --- maybe she should just lose some freakin weight, and eat healthier


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BTW, the Jardiance commercial has been retooled with a different rotund girl. The original was apparently annoying to more folks than just me.
The vocals sound the same. Lip-syncing?


Yes, and not well done.



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Allowing the drug companies to advertise on television was one of the worst decisions ever made. You can count on the fact,that if there is a television ad for a new drug, it will cost you a fortune and your drug insurance won't cover it, because it'S too new for them to acknowledge it may work. Almost all I have investigated will run $600 to $1000 a month, so you are out that amount just to find out if it helps you or not.Those ads don't come cheap and you're paying for them.
 
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All that singing and dancing and bicycle riding is annoying as hell . Thank God for Mute button .
 
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Thank God for Mute button .
And the Fast Forward button....

I could go on a loooong diatribe about ZERO warnings as to the side effects of Covid clot shots in those commercials, but I'll refrain.



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Thank God for Mute button .

Want to get rich? Invent an app that automatically mutes commercials on your TV.


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My big issue with the pharma commercials is that they are woke as fuck, to the point of almost appearing as a satire of woke.



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What is it with all of these drug commercials showing people singing and dancing ? The ones with the fat women are really annoying . Edit ..Jardiance .


I hate those ads. I turn the sound off. It gives me an earworm.



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Here in our TV market it seems it's pretty evenly split between the drug pushers, ambulance chasers, and online casinos.


You forgot extended car warranty.


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