Advertise obscure medications all over television and jack up the price to pay for it. All so big pharmaceutical companies can have some sway on the light cast upon them by media by using the risk of loosing lucrative advertising contracts for influence.

My wife will be happy. I rant about the waste of money advertising drugs for maladies I hope to never contract. If I do contract something that requires any these drugs, I will work with medical professionals to determine a course of treatment.

I suspect docs will be happy. No longer will patients demand the latest drug for an illness they do not have.

One wonders how anyone can continue to support this advertising. Any lobbyist or government official that does support continued advertising should be banned from entry to any government building

Great start! Ads for pharmaceuticals should be limited to print advertising directed at members of the medical community.

We need to ban most pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical companies.

Most of the world doesn't allow this advertising nonsense. This would be a good step.

Yes, PLEASE!

RMD

Last month I went to my Cardiologist and his PA for a check-up. They are both nice people. I had to ask them why they were not prescribing me the "beet juice" supplement advertised on TV "that is Cardiologist recommended" Wouldn't I have a better heart and be cured and not have to visit you guys anymore I asked them. My asking them this question was in jest.
They both looked at me like I had a third eye on my forehead.

When I explained the TV commercial "recommended by Cardiologist's" they were a little speechless, and said they were not aware of the supplement. I did not expect them to have a scientific answer to my question as I know this advertisement and product is a crock of shit.

BAN these pharmaceutical ads now and then we attack the car insurance ads!!

The current phone game commercials get on my nerves quite a bit, but I see no way they're going anywhere. The worst have been the gay lifestyle representations in drug commercials. They will not be missed at all.

The made up names of the drugs just get weirder and weirder too.

Jardiance® sounds like a description of one of the side effects. "I do experience a lot of Jardiance sometimes when driving over bumpy roads."

SKYRIZI® sounds like a Detroit based bookie.
I also can't hear it that I don't imagine Chris Rock pronouncing it. "When I wanna put a dime on a three game parlay, I call Skyrizi.

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I get it, but without them, how would I have learned about Peyronie's Disease?

I don't know how old you are, but I first heard of it around the time Kathleen Willy came forward about Bill Clinton having it. This is really how I first learned of it.

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they were a little speechless, and said they were not aware of the supplement. I did not expect them to have a scientific answer to my question as I know this advertisement and product is a crock of shit.

Well......

If a cardiologist has never heard of beets and their relationship to heart health, perhaps you need to find new cardiologists.

And as far as beets and heart health being "a crock of shit"......

https://www.heart.org/en/news/...ay%20active%20longer.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4935262/

https://www.psu.edu/news/healt...p-heart-disease-away

https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we...mmon-heart-condition

https://www.ahajournals.org/do...IRCRESAHA.118.313667

But by all means, don't worry about eating healthier and using natural means to help your condition. Just pop that pill, and call your doctor if your taint swells.

Great first step!

If you ban all the drug ads then the time will be filled in with more extended warranties, car & home, lawyers, medicare supplemental insurance, life insurance, bla, bla, bla....

Just more demons to annoy us.

I’m quite sure it’s been stated in the Forum, but only two countries, in the world, allow prescription drug television advertising, the United States and New Zealand. Crazy that’s it’s been permitted for so long. I’m especially baffled by advertising for drugs that target a very specific ailment that you would have to be under a doctor’s care to even diagnose. Crazy. Annoying.

I want to share this video, a diversion from the topic of tv drug advertising, it’s an interview of RFK Jr. with Sage Steele. He’s talking about his addiction, Carl Jung, and his path to faith. I think it perfectly illustrates his humanity and why he’ll be an outstanding leader for HHS. I hope you don’t mind me dropping this here, I didn’t want to start yet another thread.

While we are at it, can we stop all the Sue Sue Sue advertising...

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I get it, but without them, how would I have learned about Peyronie's Disease?

For the Win, Ha !!

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Originally posted by HRK:
While we are at it, can we stop all the Sue Sue Sue advertising...

Amen!

/sarc on

I like them! Makes me think of all the medical issues I could have, but don't!

/sarc off

If the ads are indeed banned, I suspect the drug companies results won't suffer.

Seems to me it's been a dumb spend for those companies, broadcast advertising. Paying to reach a vast audience, most of whom don't actually have what your drug treats, seems likely to be largely wasted.

Wow, fuck yeah. This admin is wrecking it, and in a damn good way. So happy to read this.

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Seems to me it's been a dumb spend for those companies, broadcast advertising.

They aren't buying advertising. They're buying control over the broadcaster.