AMA calls for an end to direct to consumer drug marketing

[Dubya]

This is great!

Now I can learn more about collapsible hoses!

[pRICE cUBE]

When I listen to the commercials and hear the part where the narrator goes into 4x reading speed to gloss over some of the side effects, it makes me NOT want to use the product. The side effects ALWAYS sound worse than the affliction they are claiming to cure.

I recall one where you can have a increase in the chances of CANCER. Freakinging cancer, all to gain asthma relief. It blew my mind.

[bazookaman]

Isn't the US the ONLY place in the entire world that still shows this shit on tv?

[JoeBob]

I'm all in favor.
Let the DOCTORS prescribe your medications that you need, not some marketing group.

[space-time]

rgG wrote:
I have been saying this to my husband for a while now.

were you replying to rz's post?

rz wrote:
But how else would people know to contact their doctor if their erection lasts more than 4 hours?

[rgG]

space-time wrote:
[quote=rgG]
I have been saying this to my husband for a while now.

were you replying to rz's post?

rz wrote:
But how else would people know to contact their doctor if their erection lasts more than 4 hours?

Lol, um, no.

[JoeH]

michaelb wrote:
I assume there would some 1st amendment argument that allows this and would make a ban difficult. The FDA could probably regulate claims in ads more carefully. It would also be nice not to allow or to limit the cost of advertising in the price of drugs for Medicare and for drugs in exchange plans.

This sort of advertising of prescription drugs was prohibited in the US until fairly recently. One source lists the year as being 1997 when direct to consumer advertising became allowed in the US, but does not list a source. So no details on whether a law was passed or what other reason resulted in the changes then.

Supposedly New Zealand is the only other country that allows direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs.

[DeusxMac]

pRICE cUBE wrote:
When I listen to the commercials and hear the part where the narrator goes into 4x reading speed to gloss over some of the side effects, it makes me NOT want to use the product. The side effects ALWAYS sound worse than the affliction they are claiming to cure.

Had to chuckle at a TV ad I saw last week (I think it was for some diabetes drug.)
The last line of the actor playing someone who's taking the drug was "And I might even lose some weight!"

Then the final 4x-speed list of "may cause" side effects ended with "vomiting and diarrhea", and I thought "Yeah, that could definitely cause one to lose weight." miley12:

[pRICE cUBE]

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=pRICE cUBE]
When I listen to the commercials and hear the part where the narrator goes into 4x reading speed to gloss over some of the side effects, it makes me NOT want to use the product. The side effects ALWAYS sound worse than the affliction they are claiming to cure.

Had to chuckle at a TV ad I saw last week (I think it was for some diabetes drug.)
The last line of the actor playing someone who's taking the drug was "And I might even lose some weight!"

Then the final 4x-speed list of "may cause" side effects ended with "vomiting and diarrhea", and I thought "Yeah, that could definitely cause one to lose weight." miley12:
I saw one where the side effect was heart attack which could lead to DEATH. WTH?

I say, let them run the ads but they need to read all the side effects and not do it in fast talk.

[Dennis S]

But how are we going to know that we should be seeing butterflies every time we go outside?