I watch hundreds of ads for drugs on the TV shows I watch and I am disgusted by the brazen PR hype of the pharmaceutical indusry. We no longer allow cigarette ads on television. Time to ban drug ads as well. They serve no purpose except to con viewers into bugging their physicians into subscribing drugs they probably don't need. The list of all the risks of taking the drugs are sped through at the end of the ad, but there are no real numbers attached to either the risks or how many people really benefit from the drugs. I find myself wondering how many people actually ask their physicians for these drugs. Doubt anyone is keeping track of that. Therein lies the real danger of these ads.
I watch hundreds of ads for drugs on the TV shows I watch and I am disgusted by the brazen PR hype of the pharmaceutical indusry. We no longer allow cigarette ads on television. Time to ban drug ads as well. They serve no purpose except to con viewers into bugging their physicians into subscribing drugs they probably don't need. The list of all the risks of taking the drugs are sped through at the end of the ad, but there are no real numbers attached to either the risks or how many people really benefit from the drugs. I find myself wondering how many people actually ask their physicians for these drugs. Doubt anyone is keeping track of that. Therein lies the real danger of these ads.