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The drug companies being deceitful? Who would have EVER thought that???

there go all the profits for the big networks ...

Not surprising. Why, if Aspirin would be evaluated by the FDA today, it wouldn't be approved because it has too many benefits. Drugs and pharmaceuticals are big business.

I agree with the Representative. I took Cialis and no matter how hard I tried, I could not get the football through that damn tire, as the commercial advertised.

lol @ rx ads on TV

America!

whats wrong is that young people see these ads... Ads that are telling them that "medicating" themselves is a good thing. Whether they medicate with mom and dads drugs, or drugs off the street might not make a difference to a young mind (pot excluded).

I learned how to roll a joint, snort coke, drop E, shoot heroin, and build a bong ALL in the 5th grade! Thanks D.A.R.E.

"tell your doctor you need this pill"

"May cause your head to assplode, your wallet to be emptied and your body to become dependent on this drug because getting in shape is just too hard".

Wow. Accountability in the marketplace. What a concept.

They shouldn't even be allowed to advertise prescription drugs on TV in the first place. It's practically self-medication, I thought the Doctors were the ones to prescribe drugs, not the pharm companies. This country is such a ***** joke, and kudos to the FDA for approving prescription drugs that kill thousands of people every year, but at least pot is illegal. We all know how many people die from that every year /sarcasm/. Jees, just imagine how much MORE money pharm companies would make if they could sell pot over the counter. Just think of all the wonderful TV ads we'd get to see! "The only way to start off your day, is with purple haze!"

As Greg Giraldo says..
You know we have more prescription drugs now.
Every commercial that comes on TV is a prescription drug ad.
I can't watch TV for four minutes without thinking I have five serious diseases.
Like: "Do you ever wake up tired in the morning?"
Oh my god I have this, write this down. Whatever it is, I have it.
Half the time I don't even know what the commercial is:
people running in fields or flying kites or swimming in the ocean.
I'm like that is the greatest disease ever. How do you get that?
That disease comes with a hot chick and a puppy.

To paraphrase Ron Paul, this country has more of a LEGAL drug problem than an ILLEGAL drug problem.

Here's a novel idea..... Ban prescription drug commercials! For ***** sake, these companies spend 2.1 times the amount of money on advertising as they do on research. And I wouldn't doubt it if we eat that cost, and get every hypochondriac who watches TV thinking they have restless leg syndrome, BPH, ED, sleeping disorders, etc. etc. etc. Stop trying to sell me drugs, if I want to buy drugs I'll call up a friend. If I want to get healthy because of something I'll goto the doctor, he'll examine me, and prescribe the necessary medicine (and hope to god he doesn't care about perks from drug reps)

It's such a racket. They train patients to clamor for the latest panacea (women demanding Viagra isn't uncommon) and change doctors if their doc doesn't prescribe whatever they demand. It breaks up continuity of care, dings responsible docs with bad patient-satisfaction scores, and stuffs the pockets of pharmacos and lawyers.

Advertising drugs should be illegal

Pharmaceuticals do more damage to Societies on an whole than illegal drugs do, according to a U.N.Study. Of course, reality is never addressed in Societies, even though they love 'Science' and live and die by it.

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::sigh::

How about, the drug companies STOP advertising to the general public altogether!! They have no business doing so, you aren't supposed to be going to the doctor and asking for a drug. You are supposed to see the doctor for a problem, and it is their decision to choose which drug is right for the combination of you and the disorder.

One night, to prove my wife wrong, I sat with a stop watch and timed drug commercials vs. the evening news stories during which they were aired. We got a little over 12 minutes of drug BS and 15 minutes of evening news. That's just sad.

The U.S. should adopt the law over in Europe where the Big Pharmas aren't even allowed to advertise at all.

i don't see what the problem is. all of the drugs in the article are PRESCRIPTION drugs. you can' t go get these over the counter, and if you try to get them, you have to see a doctor who is going to explain the risks. the ad is designed to raise awareness for the drug, why is it a bad thing if that works?

I don't know if anyone remembers but there used to be a ban on prescription drug commercials. It was lifted just a few years ago and ever since we've been flooded with more drug ads than anything else. Big Pharm lobbied congress to let them advertise prescription only drugs instead of just over the counter and congress caved. Now, all of a sudden, some senator isn't getting his check and they want to re-ban them? Serves them right for bowing down in the first place. Ban them outright again, it's getting ridiculous.

In the U.S. , prescriptions have increased over the past decade to 3.4 billion annually, a 61 percent increase. Retail sales of prescription drugs jumped 250 percent from $72 billion to $250 billion, while the average price of prescriptions has more than doubled from $30 to $68.

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/08s0 ...

Do you ever wake up feeling alive in the morning. You might want to see your doctor as soon as possible. You might have a serious ailment that needs to be treated. You might want to get a trial case of Fude 69 and WatrZ. Side effects may include increased energy, slight memory gain, increased sex drive, better reflexes, immunity to all diseases, and immortality.

Gee you guys really know how to do capitalism -
Big Pharma designs the drugs, conducts their own tests(& of course says 'Yeh, there aren't any important side effects...'), pays off your politicians(for both allowing them to do the testing & to advertise direct to consumers), pays off the doctors, rips off the insurance companies & consumers & then somehow manages to make $100 billion BEFORE everyone finds out that the drugs kill people. Oh, & then they settle a class action lawsuit for $100 million & start on the next drug of choice.
This is capitalism at its best, the market does a great job of looking after itself, what do you need regulation for?

Be advised side affects include vomiting, liver damage, kidney failure, cancer, heart attacks and brain damage. Consult with your doctor.

tsk.tsk. Someone's lobbyist hasn't been making the proper 'contribution'...

I hope they ban them...most drug company commercials are lame and stupid. I love how the majority of them don't even tell you what the drug is supposed to treat.

When did Bart Stupak become a top Democrat lawmaker? I imagine with a name like Bart Stupak, you'll pretty much criticize anything if you think it will get your name in the news.

what i love best about the pharm ads is the beautiful, melodic music they play in the background. it's like "please remain calm while i tell you about how this medicine will make your ass-hole implode." you know the NSAID commercials, telling all about how they're not BAD, but they may cause stomach bleeding, ulcers, and all this stuff.. those commercials are like 10 MINUTES LONG! the first time i saw it, i went in the other room in the middle of it, came back and it was still on! i said to my boyfriend "is this commercial STILL ON? JESUS!" and then it went on to talk about how all this stuff could be told to you by your doctor. i advocate home remedies and hollistic medicine, pot included.

The worst are those stupid Extenze commercials, the funny part is that they never actually say it increases your penis size, just that "certain part of the male body", and the way that stupid bitch flutters her eyes makes it even worse.

I cannot understand why we allow them to market this stuff directly to consumers anyway. It's disgusting.

I never thought it was a good idea for Congress to allow Direct to Consumer advertising in the first place. It looks like they may finally be coming to their senses though. Hopefully this will all be removed or at least become more highly regulated in the next few years (The FDA has always been worthless in regulation, so the government will hopefully step in).

I don't think politicians have any room to talk when discussing deceptive ads.

There is more truthiness in this headline: "U.S. lawmakers criticized by drug company for deceptive legislation".

Isn't it a sad state of affairs when I trust a drug company more than my own government? The government tells you about false symptoms the country has, recommends treatment that doesn't actually work, and lies about the side effects. At least the drug companies products sometimes work.

Some of the drug companies CEOs should be executed for crimes against humanity, especially pfizer, the manufacturer of lipitor.

My mom took it in 2001, got liver cancer in 2002, and died in 2008 from it. I'm only 21, by the way...

If you find Jeffrey B. Kindler (CEO of Pfizer) on the street, KILL HIM.

Oh look, on CNN they are about to to a "pot = depression in teens" story. Sponsored by the Big Pharma Cartel. How timely. I am sure that they will follow-up with an "alcohol and teens" story........oops guess not. Drink up kids!

Patients are not consumers. Health care is not a market. For those who say "let the market dictate everything, everything, everything, the market is god, all hail the market"... I hope you are paying attention. There is more to life than being a consumer, and ignoring that fact is what got us to this point.

legal drugs suck and make me feel like *****, ***** them and their legal *****

I like the ads for birth control pills that, at the end, tell you that they don't protect from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Really? They don't seal up your vag? I wonder who actually thinks that.

First the Left will go after the Oil Companies insuring the US is forever dependent on foreign oil, next most successful companies? The Pharms. So they will be destroyed next.

There is no excuse to allow advertising of prescription drugs. Since it has been allowed prescriptions have increased tenfold. There are now millions of Americans addicted to antidepressants, as well as Oxycontin, vicodin and many other overprescribed drugs

tell your doctor you need this pill"