Pharmaceutical TV ads

[yellowwoodII]

I think that this should be a political issue.
Have you noticed the barrage of advertising for drugs lately?
The United States and New Zealand are the only two countries who allow direct advertising for drugs.
All drugs have side effects.
These advertised drugs are very expensive, adding to the cost of healthcare for all of us. Does the advertising create a market that is unnecessary or even harmful?

https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/peacefield/61f4c3849d9e380022bdaeb9/big-pharma-tv-drug-ads-legal

[Earth-shine]

1. The commercials make me want to try Skyrizi, but I don't have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

[doc03]

2. I agree prescription drugs shouldn't be advertised. But the entire MSM would

collapse if they didn't get the money from drug and Medicare Advantage ads. WTF would they do without ED, bent carrot ads and Medicare Advantage ads?

[sop]

3. Big Pharma's advertising money also buys the media's silence on the issue of overpriced drugs.

[mitch96]

6. "Big Pharma's advertising money " Big Pharma has been banging on MD's for years

to prescribe this and that for soft kickbacks. I have many friends that were Pharma reps.
They told me this is another way to get Doc's to prescribe drugs. The patient sees the drug on the tv machine and at the next visit they talk about or ask about the XYZ drug and will ill it help with their condition.
They can put all the ads they want on tv but it's the DOCTOR that prescribes it... YMMV
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[Wounded Bear]

8. They get free samples, too...nt

[edhopper]

4. We didn't have them

until Big Pharma paid Reagan to allow them. Another dark legacy of that awful President.

[PJMcK]

5. The part I like about the ads

The pharmaceutical companies are required to list all of the side effects of the drugs they advertise.

It doesn't make me want to take something that will cause insomnia, diarrhea, headaches, blood pressure changes or even death.

Still, it's sort of funny to me to hear them spout on for 7/8ths of the commercial about how great this new drug is then they have to tell me it could kill me.

Hilarious.

(snark)

[brewens]

7. Doesn't there have to be a reverse placebo effect from that advertising? How many times

does a doctor see a patient that has been convinced by that advertising that they need one of those drugs? If the doctor does not agree and suggest a different treatment, they won't trust him/her. I bet especially if the treatment is diet and exercise.