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Vinca

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44. They shouldn't be allowed to run the damn things. If they took some of the loot it must cost

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 01:54 PM

Sep 2018

to air information a large chunk of the population can't understand in the first place, they might lower the cost of prescriptions people now can't afford. My particular pet peeve is the cutesy acronyms they come up with. Who doesn't want to merrily chat about their "MBC" (metastatic breast cancer)? And is bent dick disease such a problem it deserves constant, national advertising?????

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Why do we allow prescription drugs to be advertised and marketed? [View all] Botany Sep 2018 OP

I'm still trying to figure out the symbolism of two bathtubs on a shore ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #1

Thread winner malaise Sep 2018 #23

You forgot the side effects of two bathtub celibacy. democratisphere Sep 2018 #32

I forget exactly when those ads started being allowed, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #2

I was mysteriously "gifted" with a subscription to Good Housekeeping Magazine Merlot Sep 2018 #39

Yes. So many drug ads in magazines. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #42

Because of the huge ad buys on every national news show day after day. Fred Sanders Sep 2018 #3

Bulls eye! peekaloo Sep 2018 #14

And of course, the occasional PatSeg Sep 2018 #33

Oh yeah, how did I forget that? peekaloo Sep 2018 #36

It is a real racket PatSeg Sep 2018 #38

Moonves has his own headaches now, for which I'm sure Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #40

Well, it's only a party if you take those advertised drugs, don't ya know meadowlark5 Sep 2018 #4

It does wonders for that nasty lump in your wallet......... eom lastlib Sep 2018 #22

I know! Those side effects meadowlark5 Sep 2018 #25

well, it IS such a minor detail....... to THEM....... lastlib Sep 2018 #28

To pay for Sherman A1 Sep 2018 #5

They should be banned. manor321 Sep 2018 #6

So we can say.... Turbineguy Sep 2018 #7

Or have somebody go and bug their Dr. and tell them that they need "Zimmed*" .... Botany Sep 2018 #12

My Mother Turbineguy Sep 2018 #17

If you still want those drugs after you hear the side effects malaise Sep 2018 #24

They didn't when I grew up... Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #8

Yes PatSeg Sep 2018 #35

The long list of side effects can be far worse than the original RainCaster Sep 2018 #9

It used to be illegal then politicians got payed off nt mucifer Sep 2018 #10

I think it was the early 90s when FDA regs forbidding KCDebbie Sep 2018 #20

Because otherwise they go bribe docotors to push their drugs Fullduplexxx Sep 2018 #11

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #13

Because banning speech requires a compelling government interest jberryhill Sep 2018 #15

If it doesn't cure ya', it'll kill ya' - some asiliveandbreathe Sep 2018 #16

it's just the wealthy pushing onethatcares Sep 2018 #18

Because advertising is considered to be, at least up to a point, protected speech. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #19

I actually don't have any issue with that. For one thing though a marketing mechinism, it is a way still_one Sep 2018 #21

Nearly unregulated capitalism. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #26

Reagan ordered the FDA to rollback regulations regarding commercial advertising KCDebbie Sep 2018 #27

They all say to "ask your doctor if __ is right for you" pandr32 Sep 2018 #29

I had that very appointment last week, Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #41

Yup--that's how it goes pandr32 Oct 2018 #47

I was just thinking the same thing. Shanti Mama Sep 2018 #30

The American Criminal Enterprise Healthcare System is allowed to do anything democratisphere Sep 2018 #31

Part of the marketing process. louis-t Sep 2018 #34

They are permitted because sweetroxie Sep 2018 #37

I don't think it's any coincidence that we have a for-profit, unregulated, area51 Sep 2018 #43

They shouldn't be allowed to run the damn things. If they took some of the loot it must cost Vinca Sep 2018 #44

They have one that shows a family having a picnic in a grass meadow above a fjord ..... Botany Sep 2018 #45

The pharma companies bet millions of advertising dollars on the possibility Aristus Sep 2018 #46

We didn't until about 20 years ago. At least not like now. themaguffin Oct 2018 #48