Googling your Symptoms:

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

People just tune that noise at the end out and focus on the happy people in the ads who are all better. As you point out, it's almost comical when the announcers read them.

It is indeed funny to see just how happy those people appear to be. They are running and jumping and dancing and laughing and having the time of their lives. It astonishes me that consumers buy into this, but apparently they do.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

It is indeed funny to see just how happy those people appear to be. They are running and jumping and dancing and laughing and having the time of their lives. It astonishes me that consumers buy into this, but apparently they do.

And there's always ten seconds or so showing the patient meeting with his or her sincere and concerned doctor, and nodding thoughtfully.

[pawpawdiv9]

During the weekdays, at 2:30am the show "the doctors' is on and boy the crazy shat I seen so far. Just Friday was about your butt itching may be from anal worms. EEKS!!!
DUDES!!! WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

And there's always ten seconds or so showing the patient meeting with his or her sincere and concerned doctor, and nodding thoughtfully.

For a lot of America they get told who their doctor is. I think they care but our system sucks bad. (imo)

As for the commercials and the endless side effects of curing the sniffles, they are a cause for laughter almost each time. It's like, ok, I have a headache and if I take this medicine it may cause internal bleeding, diarrhea, swollen glands, scoliosis and a whole litany of side effects up to and including, death. How many do I take?
.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Leon

For a lot of America they get told who their doctor is. I think they care but our system sucks bad. (imo)

As for the commercials and the endless side effects of curing the sniffles, they are a cause for laughter almost each time. It's like, ok, I have a headache and if I take this medicine it may cause internal bleeding, diarrhea, swollen glands, scoliosis and a whole litany of side effects up to and including, death. How many do I take?
.

After you hear the litany of side effects, doesn't it cross your mind that maybe this medicine just isn't as safe as it should be?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

After you hear the litany of side effects, doesn't it cross your mind that maybe this medicine just isn't as safe as it should be?

CYA, Barry. You gotta keep the lawyers quiet.

I like to track the time between the initial release of a new medicine and the first ad regarding a class action lawsuit if you’ve taken that medicine.

[barrysloate]

I'm sure you have some amazing stories to tell Frank. But I'm guessing you won't be telling them on a public chatboard.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

CYA, Barry. You gotta keep the lawyers quiet.

I like to track the time between the initial release of a new medicine and the first ad regarding a class action lawsuit if you’ve taken that medicine.

I recommend "Pharmageddon" by David Healy, M.D.

[ruth-gehrig]

I've always found it peculiar that pharmaceutical companies feel the need to market their prescription meds to us through commercials. If they can't convince the doctors that we need one of their drugs they'll hit up the consumer and hope they go bug their physician about it and convince them that it's needed.