Are Drug Ads Just a Big Waste of Money?

re: Are Drug Ads Just a Big Waste of Money?

WellnessMom — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:26:23 GMT

In my opinion, they are a BIG waste. I either tune the TV to MUTE when a drug commercial comes on or I flip to another channel until it is gone off. You already know what the side effects are going to be, they are usually all pretty much the same in every commercial.

I've experienced first hand an 'infrequent side-effect' so for me it's too real. All those smiling, happy people on drugs really turn my stomach.

I know, why don't the drug companies run ads for the people who have suffered from the side effects or for the family's who have lost someone because of a prescription drug? Well, I'm pretty sure we all know the answer to that one.
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re: Are Drug Ads Just a Big Waste of Money?

BeeGirl — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:20:35 GMT

Never mind ... guess I should have read the other comments first, lol.

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bmc — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:15:43 GMT

How bogus can you get?

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Dekalb — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:39:47 GMT

The drugs themselves are often as big a waste of money. Having to list the possible side effects doesn't help their situation either, why pay money to give yourself side effects that are worse than what you're trying to cure.

re: Are Drug Ads Actually Just a Big Waste of Money?

david — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:48:24 GMT

Yes of course, one of the world's largest industries....employing some of the world's top marketing people....is totally wasting over twice that industry's research budget of many millions of pounds/dollars....on promoting it's health- enhancing products...
....the inmates really are running the asylum again.

........This is almost as big a piece of junk-research conclusion as you would maybe find in some other pharmaceutical research.

.........Perhaps it was concluded by the same guys who ripped the legs off a spider, shouted,"jump!"....and then concluded that spiders hear through their legs, when it didn't move?.....