Pharmaceutical Companies - Your Neighborhood Drug Dealers

[MineralMan]

They're standing on a street corner right in your living room, even now, whispering to passers-by, "Get the first six months free..." "Here, try a little...you'll feel great." "Don't worry about it...we wouldn't hurt you..."

Addiction is the best marketing scheme ever invented. Marketing an addictive drug is pure gold.

"Need help paying for your medications? We can help!" "Ask your doctor if Soporificine is right for you?" "Are you tired, weak, uncomfortable. Ask about Soporificine today!

[pangaia]

1. Side effects may include..

nausea
double vision
loss of high and low frequency hearing
hair loss
bleeding from the ears
liver failure
high blood pressure
intestinal worms
skin sloughing
asshole pustules
rotting toenails
joint failure
clogged arteries
itching and bleeding scalp
bleeding stomach ulcers
lower extremity paralysis
heart failure
death

call you doctor at the first sign of any of these symptoms. don'r call us

[LunaSea]

2. I wonder if they've bumped up the addiction rate

in the last decade.


Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/chart-says-war-drugs-isnt-working/322592/

[raccoon]

3. That's a big 10-4. The government needs to make it illegal to hawk prescription drugs in ads.

If the drug needs a PRESCRIPTION, why should they be advertised to prospective patients? Shouldn't that be the doctor's decision?
Instead of advertising to consumers so they can nag the Dr. for the drug?

[MineralMan]

4. These days, they're also helping people diagnose their own problems.

EPI (Endocrine Pancreatic Insuficiency) is the latest of these. It's a rather uncommon diagnosis, but has lots of common symptoms, like bloating, belly pain, diarrhea and other abdominal symptoms. The current ads say that if you have even one of those symptoms, you should go to their website and fill out a questionnaire to take to your doctor. If you have EPI, the company's newest drug is just the thing for it. This is how insidious they have become.

"Say, Doc, I think I have that EPI. See, here's the symptom questionnaire I filled out the other day on the Internet. Do you think I should be on this drug, maybe?"

Over busy doctor says, "Well, we could try that. Here, I'll send this script to your pharmacy. Let me know how you do on it."