Posted on 09/18/2023 11:46:48 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Big pharma spends more money on advertising for drugs that have lower health benefits for patients, according to a study published in JAMA on Tuesday, shedding new light on the almost uniquely American practice amid fierce debate over whether direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads should be banned.
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Diabetes is serious.It can,and does,cause very serious problems from blindness,to kidney failure,to heart attacks. OTOH,I'm sure that psoriasis isn't fun but probably doesn't shorten one's life.
Just another good reason to never watch live tv and to cut your cable!
What do you mean by. “ live tv “. ?
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Yes the fact that most medicines in the states are from China many under big pharma names and brand x names.
Fear not our fearless leaders will work on that Easter Bunny winks.
There are the “bent carrot” ads-and what I have read about the treatment, I’d rather have a bent carrot.
Ya,I’ve seen those.But they’re not on the channel I watch. I guess old geezers just accept that the plumbing won’t be working very well.
What do you mean by. “ live tv “. ?
So called local news/sports/whatever and so called talk shows.
The basic Cable b$ 24/7, especially so called news/sports and live anything on ABCCBSNBCFOX.
If we can’t stream a show, we don’t watch it.
Not only that, they seem to want to set them all to music and dancing. It's easy to tell that most marketing departments are now composed of artsy, vapid, egotistical leftist women.
I watched an old TV show on one of those streaming freevee channels last weekend and it was drug commercials like 4 to 1. I didn’t realize it had gotten that bad.
Especially the side effects. Yes. I want to risk heart attack because I have a patch of psoriasis. You bet.
Drug companies control commercial TV now.
Because it increases business for the whole medical industry. It increases the probability of more doctor’s visits, testing, procedures, the need for other medications to help cure the side effects of one medication, all while keeping patients in a chronic state of poor health needing perpetual care.
Pharma spends money on patient advertising because it’s effective.
Thank you .
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