04-08-2010, 04:53 AM
steve... wrote:
In a lot of these commercials the drugs sound dangerous.
Can someone tell me why prescription drugs are advertised on TV? Are the advertisers trying to get people to tell their doctors what drugs to prescribe to them? Aren't doctors suppose to be the expert, not the patient?
Exactly, they want you to ask the doctor to prescribe the latest, greatest and still under patent medicine they can sell you. Often more expensive than alternatives that will do just as good of a job if not better.