"Big Pharma" ads- I just can't take it anymore....

[ralph7]

I am sorry that I am missing the commercials. I haven't watched commercial tv in a long time. They advertise the drugs on TV because they want you to pester your doctor to prescribe it for you. It works. Where but that industry can you produce a product th

Repetitive forum posting can be harmful and include symptoms such as sudden post seizure.

 

[45Smashemflat]

The ones I get a kick out of are the anti-depressants that can increase suicidal thoughts…. What?

 

[375hh1973]

Can't ever remember getting upset over an ad for any product.

Guess I'm too easy going

 

[375hh1973]

Personally, I'd like to see Big Pharma CURE something instead of treating symptoms

No money in curing something

 

[Bert Man]

I have often wondered if the Big Pharma companies have departments devoted to creating unpronounceable names for their products, all of which must contain the letters Q, X, V, and Z.

I think they have so many new drugs that they are running out of normal letter combinations when naming them

 

[Tinyman]

I think they have so many new drugs that they are running out of normal letter combinations when naming them

Soon the name must contain at least one symbol and a number.

 

[Retired W4]

Annoy your doctor, ask about ___________ (fill in the blank) to see if it's right for you.

 

[Bigbear4]

Personally, I'd like to see Big Pharma CURE something instead of treating symptoms.

There is no money in cures, only in continuous treatment.

 

[Tinyman]

There is no money in cures, only in continuous treatment.

Sad but true.

 

[LVSteve]

I have often wondered if the Big Pharma companies have departments devoted to creating unpronounceable names for their products, all of which must contain the letters Q, X, V, and Z.

Following on from my previous comment, that department is staffed by people from the redneck areas of Hungary, Bulgaria, and at least one of the Stans.

 

[TX-Dennis]

You must have never visited Graceland, if you had you would know.

Never been there and no interest in going, but I assume you're referring to the time he shot the TV.

 

[Greyman50]

Elvis shot many tvs. We were on vacation and happened to go by Graceland and said why not. Very interesting for those of us of that era and those after may not care, so be it.

 

[AudieMurphy]

Let's say you're a person who takes a certain medication for your condition. You've taken it for years and you're doing fine with it. Now a pharma company develops another drug to treat the same condition. It claims it's better. You would have been happy with your old meds, but "the new stuff is better". So, you ask your doctor if you can have the new stuff. He probably wouldn't have switched you, but since you asked....
Also, many of the doctors get perks and kickbacks for prescribing the new stuff.
Always remember: oxycontin was supposed to be a less addicting strong opioid. They marketed it that way, even though they knew it was BS. The doctors knew it was BS and still prescribed it that way. And now look where we're at. These people don't do this for altruistic reasons. They are in it for the money. They're gonna make a buck, no matter how many people they hurt.

exactly...and when the states settled lawsuits with the Sadler family(the ones who made oxy) the states got the money!! NOT the people who were impacted by addiction and sometimes O'ds.... TOTAL racket!!

 

[pharmer]

exactly...and when the states settled lawsuits with the Sackler family(the ones who made oxy) the states got the money!! NOT the people who were impacted by addiction and sometimes O'ds.... TOTAL racket!!

Purdue reps walked around like their stuff don't stink.
"They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills."

It's always and only all about the money. Joe

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

There are so many drugs and nostrums that the doctors and nurses can't keep up with them, they're trying to use the patients to sell their potions-"Ask your doctor about.."
IIRC Elvis died from a lethal combination of LEGAL drugs that shouldn't have been in his system at the same time. A good physician knows of the dangers of contraindication.

 

[ezb57]

If you don't like these ads now, just wait. Consumer protection agencies are being shut down, financial fraud protection agencies closed, anything looking out for normal people is on the block. We are entering the second "gilded age" of robber barons and corporate greed and nothing to stop them. But think of all the freedom we are getting.

 

[DixieRanger]

There's a reason that a doctors profession is called a 'practice'...they 'practice medicine...get it? Maybe just me but having a PHD does not nessisiarly mean your smart...means you went to school a long time. My brother is an example.

 

[biku324]

There's a reason that a doctors profession is called a 'practice'...they 'practice medicine...get it? Maybe just me but having a PHD does not nessisiarly mean your smart...means you went to school a long time. My brother is an example.

It depends. An interdisciplinary doctorate can be unimpressive, but engineering, biology, chemistry, aerospace, psychology, medical, and juris doctorates among many others have standards that some can meet, but only after demonstrating competence.

 

[grover99]

I take water pills so the Dr said should take potassium. Potassium gave me heartburn. Told the Dr thinking he would adjust the dose of potassium. But no he gave some fancy meds for my heartburn. This heartburn med listed more side effects than any of the 7 other drugs I take put together. No way! I will just take Tums and get some calcium while doing it.

 

[ameridaddy]

Since 2013, the 10 Big Pharma companies have spent $14 billion on consumer advertising, and stuck taxpayers with more than a $1 billion in tax deductions for ads as business expenses over the same period.
Pfizer spent more than $3.7 billion in 2023 on direct to consumer ads, and over $1 billion on direct to consumer advertising for Eliquis alone since 2013, and charges $529/month for it. I wonder why it costs so much?
/sarc