From The New York Times: TV drug ads have dramatically increased in the past few years. According to Kantar Media, a firm that tracks multimedia advertising, 771,368 such ads were shown in 2016, an increase of almost 65 percent from 2012.
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Direct to consumer drug ads should be made illegal. Although, I must confess one ad did help me know it was unwise to take a particular drug, after an idiot doctor unwisely told me not to research the drug. But I was able to follow my idiots doctor’s advice, and not research the drug, but I did listen to the plethora of adverse effects listed in the advertisement.
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At least they should ban drug commercials that lie. “…caused by a chemical imbalance” should be edited from every commercial as false advertising.
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if you listen very carefully to the wording, it always says something equivocal, like “X is thought to be caused by… ” and “drug Y is believed to do such-and-so…”
They’re telling you it’s a fairy tale, if you listen closely- because they have to.
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I remember a commercial on The Simpsons about a drug to treat baldness and impotence. Side effects included scalp and penis maybe falling off. Lol. This marvelous “antidepressant” causes depression and suicide. Minor side effects.
