Reply #23: It's a 'nanny state' if advertisers can't scam you over your health?

[LeftishBrit]

Restricting the adverts is NOT stopping you from getting info about the drugs in question. If you don't want to rely on doctors for all the info - then go on the Internet. Go to the library. Read up on it properly. I've never had a problem in getting hold of info that's much more reliable than some advert on the box could be.

There is NO way that an advertiser is going to give you accurate info in a short sound-byte. Just one more way for pharma companies to make a profit at the expense of the patients (and if you read my posts on the forum in general, you will know I don't knee-jerk about all that's provided by pharma being bad, but once they get in the advertising trade, the conflict of interest between reliable info and profit becomes to great.)