Low-T, Meso, ED, PAD, RL, COPD

[SoCalDem]

Remember when drugs first started to be advertised on tv?

They went into great detail, showing the symptoms of various things for which they had the miracle cure. Now, they have taken to extreme abbreviations for the diseases/syndromes .

Were they scaring people? It's too widespread to be accidental. Notice too, all the cartoonish figures (instead of people) now..and all the aqua & light green in the ads? The music is even getting more upbeat. The shrinks their advertisers use, are working overtime..

[gkhouston]

1. What I notice is that most of the side effects they mention really really fast

in the verbal equivalent of "mice print" often seem worse than the affliction the drugs are supposed to relieve.

[Birthmark]

3. No kidding.

I listen to those "side effects" closely, too. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Most of those drugs I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. Frankly, I'd rather have the disease than the stroke, liver failure, etc. that occur "in rare cases."

[SoCalDem]

4. and they always have a lilt to their voice, like it's no biggie

:rofl:

small side effects like LYMPHOMA..for an allergy med.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. Except for the Celebrex ad,

one l-o-o-o-n-n-n-n-g-g-g-g recitation of side effects, including tiny, tiny print of them used for the outline of the cartoon characters, recited over a repeating loop of insipid guitar music. I hate that commercial with a passion. If I was ever prescribed Celebrex, I wouldn't buy it just because of that commercial.

[livetohike]

2. Just "ask your doctor". We have become a nation of

hypochondriacs. I can remember when Alka Seltzer and Bayer aspirin were the only drugs advertized.

[SoCalDem]

5. don't forget Pepto, and Sal Hepatica & Doans & Carters Little Liver Pills

:rofl:

[livetohike]

6. and Geritol

:rofl: Now that you mentioned it, there were quite a few ads for other stuff, but you didn't have to "ask your doctor" to get them.

[LostInAnomie]

7. There should be a law against advertising prescription drugs on TV.

It's unethical.

[Blue_In_AK]

14. I agree 100%.

[JBoy]

19. Canada doesn't allow typical drug ads on TV, but does allow "reminder" ads

You can't run an ad that tells what a drug does, or is supposed to do. But you are allowed to run what's called a "reminder" ad that shows just the name of the drug. If you already know what the drug does, the ad can be quite effective.

This ad "reminds" you that Viagra will help you get your freak on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jlCNQMpiFE

[Fridays Child]

8. I wonder if men are being prescribed medication for this so-called "Low T," when their...

...testosterone levels do not really warrant it. It seems like it's being marketed as an alternative to ED drugs.

[SoCalDem]

9. and nature intended for hormone levels to drop as we age..

I wonder what's lurking ahead for all these 50-somethings who juice up on hormones.. It cannot be good for them. So you look 40 when you're 60.. If you end up with cancer at 70, was it worth it?

[Fridays Child]

11. There is that, and, besides, do we really need MORE testosterone in this world?

Whatever amounts of testosterone that American males are already producing should be taxed, with all proceeds going to fix the problems that the stuff causes--the ravages of war being a good place to start.

[Kceres]

10. My two boys (12 and 15) are WORRIED about ED when the time comes.

Thanks to the barrage of ED pharmaceuticals being advertised during prime time, and we only watch a few cable shows.

[and-justice-for-all]

12. I think drug ads need to be banned from the Tv..nt

[SoCalDem]

20. Me too. I was very disappointed when they started allowing it.

I'd love to see it gone forever..except for the ovee the counter stuff that anyone can buy. Sending people running to their doctors to ask for a drug-hook up is not a great use of our system, and it presumes that "most" people actually have a close relationship to their doctor.

These days, with HMOs, people's doctors do not even know them, except from looking at their charts, in the 15 measly minutes (or less) that the HMO allows them to spend. How on earth would they even KNOW if some exoteric drug "might" help them.

Sure, they'll prescribe it, and after the patient pays a big price for the drug, and has side effects, they'll be told to "just stop taking it"..and they have wasted money and potentially injured themselves in the process..

[and-justice-for-all]

21. Everytime you turn around they have a "new" pill...

for a "new" condition. It is absurd and it makes people think that there is something wrong with them and at they need to get a "new" pill for it; seeing that shit on the tube is just wrong and should be banned.

[blogslut]

15. Low-T makes me laugh

The marketeers pushing this drug seem to believe that teh mens are askeered of the word "testosterone".

[JBoy]

16. This guy enjoys High-T:

[blogslut]

17. Those better be watercrss sandwiches

...or I'm sending a strongly worded letter to the manager!

PS: Red Hat Society ladies are okay in my book. :)

[madamesilverspurs]

18. The bathtub sex ads should be followed by

"O give a cheer, a cheer, a cheer for Lydia Pinkham,
The benefactress of the human race!
A vegetable compound, a baby a bottle,
And the label bears her face."