Apparently, we all need drugs

[MoseyWalker]

Does anyone else have a problem with the extreme number of commercials on the "news" channels on tv that are telling us that we have a problem with this or that, but just might not know it yet? We have to buy some damn drug to take care of a problem that we never knew we had?

I'd rather take a placebo.

Have you gone to your doctor, and paid him a small fortune for the visit, and asked him to prescribe any of these "wonder" drugs?

I must be behind the times.

Drugs! Gotta have'em, gotta take'em!

[OhioChick]

1. Or..........you can bypass the doctor's office and use.......

Head On.......Apply directly to the forehead.
Head On.......Apply directly to the forehead.
Head On.......Apply directly to the forehead.

:banghead:

[MoseyWalker]

4. HAHA!

:rofl:

[liberalhistorian]

5. GOD, that is THE most

annoying fucking ad I've seen in years, if not one of the top five ever!

[Purveyor]

12. Did you see 'they' have one for hemorrhoid relief now...

No kidding. Saw it on the Weather Channel but they didn't suggest where to "apply it"~

[redwitch]

20. Butt on Stick it up your ass!

Sorry. I have consumed wine. :P

[Purveyor]

23. First time I saw it, I thought of Bush. Apply directly to the asshole...

[redwitch]

26. LOL

If it works, let's buy a case of the stuff!

[madokie]

35. laughing out loud

shotgun them buggers

[im10ashus]

29. "they didn't suggest where to "apply it"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

:rofl:

Not even a silent demo? Geez!

On edit: We could start by rubbing it all over bubble boy. Do these sticks come in major asshole size?

[im10ashus]

24. NOT YOU TOO!!!!

:spank:......Apply directly to the rear end.
:spank:......Apply directly to the rear end.
:spank:......Apply directly to the rear end.

[redwitch]

25. You are much more polite than I am!

You're makin' me look bad!

[im10ashus]

27. LOL!

Awwww! Thanks sweetie. :hug:

[rwenos]

2. US Is Only Country

that allows advertising of prescription drugs.

Some things NEED to be regulated. Contrary to Republican belief.

[KingFlorez]

3. The pharmaceutical companies want to sell their products

They want to make everyone think they have something wrong with them that needs medicine.

[MoseyWalker]

7. Do I have restless leg syndrome, or

do I just want to kick the shit out of some people?

I like having "restless leg syndrome"

:silly:

[Broken_Hero]

6. It's a funny mindset.

Personally, I'm the kind of person, who waits until my arm is about to fall off, before I go to the doctor. I dislike hospitals, they put me off, but I have seen people who seem to live at clinics/hospitals, who are on a lot of different drugs.

My father in law is the biggest hypchondriac I have ever met. He gets a cramp in his arm, and he goes out and gets meds for it, he gets pain meds, or whatever the doc will give him...same with everything else. I swear this man prays for some ailment so he can complain about it. He complains and gripes to no end about all his pains, at times, its so aggravating. The money he spends on pills, vitamins alone is enough to make me shake my head....

With the advent of all these drug commericials, I think it "preys" on people like my father in law, albiet I know there are people out there who do "need" these drugs.....

I need drugs myself, I am on a bloodthinner, and I take the average OTC drugs, aspirin, nyquil, things like that...I do think its weird that all these drugs are being advertised so blantantly. It seems to be a more common experience nowadays.

[MoseyWalker]

11. My sister is the same way

she has a twitch of some sort, and gets a pill for it that she is now taking for the REST OF HER LIFE.

I take old fashioned blood pressure meds, but refused recently to add Lipitor. I don't personally give a shit what my cholesterol is, since not one independent study ever showed it as reducing the risk of stroke or heart attack.

Why should I take a pill that costs big money for the REST OF MY LIFE that hasn't been shown to reduce my risks?

[Broken_Hero]

18. yes, and it seems there

are a lot of people, hypochondriacs out there...I hate taking meds, its a pain, and yet I find it CRAZY that their are people out there who, well, desire to be on as many pills as they can...with my father in law, I believe its an engrained trick, to garner attention.

He had a rough life growing up, and the only time he was treated with any kindness was when he was sick, so hence...he acts sick/hurt/in pain, to garner kindness...when in fact, he doesn't need to do that anymore...but the old saying goes "can't teach an old dog new tricks", its completely engrained into his mind...

on edit:grammar

[pitohui]

8. i agree the ads are stupid

however, the good lord apparently intended for us to reproduce at 13 and croak at 40 as a grandmother, and since i am not willing to fall in line with this from my perspective shitty plan for my life, yes, i do need drugs, if only the birth control pill -- and i recognize that as i outlive nature's plan for human life i will need some drugs to prolong my healthy existence

"i'd rather take a placebo" -- well, i wouldn't, no placebo and no amount of thinking positive ever stopped a teen-ager from turning up pregnant and somehow i doubt they do much for heart disease or cancer either


the reality is, if you live long enough, yeah, we all do need drugs eventually

[Kutjara]

9. The European Union is currently coming under enormous pressure...

...from big pharma to allow similar advertizing there. It's being resisted, though, so sanity may just prevail.

My wife is British and, on our recent return to the US, she was appalled by all the drug advertizing. She said, "why are all you Yanks so ill?" after a particularly inane ad about some woman who seemed to need 90 different painkillers just to be able to play catch with her five year old. This was followed by some restless-leg nonsense, Roseacea guff and Acid Reflux baloney. To any sane outside observer, it looks like we're all about one pill from the mortuary.

I'm sure America's doctors are just delighted by all their 'TV-MD' patients who turn up demanding this or that drug, too. I mean, why spend ten years in medical school when you can learn everything you need to cure any disease from the idiot-box?

[tridim]

10. Just don't use natural drugs like Cannabis

That stuff will fry your brain and make you sterile!

[porphyrian]

21. If they could patent botanicals, pot would have twelve brands...

...available over the counter tomorrow.

[arcane1]

13. the ads and posters in the Dr's OFFICE piss me off too!

there has to be a ton of Dr's out there being driven crazy by all the "ask your Dr if such-and-such is right for you"

[Greyhound]

14. I remember a story about two or three months ago, that stated

48% of amerikans are on prescription medication. :wow: That's why we had to give $800 billion to what was already the most profitable industry on earth.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

15. "if you have an erection that lasts more than 4 hours... seek medical help

Can you believe the things that are allowed to be said
on television as long as its making a big drug company profit?

[MoseyWalker]

17. new commercial, mine (fake)

have you had an erection for over four hours?

Pharm victim: yes. Well, yes I have.

If it is painful to the point that you are tired of looking down and seeing it, would you like to do something about it?

Pharm victim: yes. Well, Yes I would

Please, do not find a sexual partner, and do not ever masturbate. Don't you think another drug to end your painful erection would be better?

Pharm victim: Well, I dunno. Does it cost less than a prostitute?

[WillyT]

16. I Know I Do... I Just Ran Out !!!

:smoke::hippie::smoke:

[praeclarus]

19. i like the ads....

... that don't even say WTF is the disease but
go ask your doc about this fab new wunderdrug.
Just in case I guess. Those are the best.

Speculative disease prevention brought to you
by Monsanto.

[MoseyWalker]

22. and when one starts taking it

don't mind the minor side effects of oozy discharge from your friggin rectum, gaseous discharge, and loss of friends and acquaintences.

[im10ashus]

31. Not to mention the possible blindness, feeling of anxiety and hair loss.

It's the miracle drug of the century though, folks! :sarcasm:

[Fleshdancer]

30. Those are insane!

Remember the Vioxx commercials with Dorothy Hammil? They didn't say what the drug was for and they just had her skating around on an ice rink. I started to wonder if Vioxx would make me skate better. :crazy:

Welcome to DU by the way!

[newyawker99]

33. Hi praeclarus!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[misternormal]

28. Just for High Blood Pressure...

... due to working my ass off trying to make ends meet...

Vote !!!! :headbang:

[lonestarnot]

32. Joementum commercials.

[madokie]

34. since I have been having to take drugs I could fill a large bag

with the one's I couldn't take for some reason or other. That doesn't keep the doc from prescribing them and the va to pick up the tab though, with only a small co-pay from me.

[Dora]

36. Marketed terrorism, IMO.

Modern medicine is a wonderful thing, but the pharmaceutical industry is full of snake-oil salesmen who want only to scare us into buying the next drug or sign up for the next "procedure."