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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:33 PM Original message |
what is wrong with the Pharma commercials? Well let me use Aricept as an example |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Tell your doctor if you have liver cancer" |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. A common thread |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. and of course you have people going to their doctor and demanding this and that |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. THERE IS NO ETHICS HERE |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. My daughter is a M.D. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, it's because she didn't even know she forgot |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. What, you have a problem with random self diagnoses and treatments? |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oooh Aricept. |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Misplaced my keys, tore the place apart looking for them. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Isn't it funny how that works. And about the same time my keys stopped |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. My friend recently found her keys in the fridge |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. It is a cover up for Mad Cow. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Describe a problem. Convince the viewer he/she has that problem. Offer the solution. Sales 101. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It is a created need, but also an ethics problem |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Oh yeah, I agree. The pharma ads should be pulled - all of them. I'm just saying their methods |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And remember to mention the product name SEVEN times at least in the add |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Everything is wrong with Pharma ads. N/T |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Snake Oil |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. you forgot "a waste of money and resources" |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. I have long believed that pharma shouldn't be allowed to advertise Rx drugs |
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Spangle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Adds to the cost of the drug |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Most countries do NOT allow advertising of prescription drugs |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. But if there were no ads - how would I know that there is a drug |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. There was a psychiatrist on Thom Hartmann's show the other day |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. British Health system pays for Aricept as does Irish. I would trust |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I heard that interview. |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Aricept can make dramatic improvements following head trama |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why was she even expected to cook for a crowd every week?! |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. That is what I think every time I see that ad |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. that was exactly my first thought |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. like the leg cramp thing |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. The dancing balloon bladders at the class reunion is the worst. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. Sociologists point out that my generation (boomers) |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. Best new drug name? Aciphex! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
33. That ad makes me laugh because by the time they get through |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. My problem with them |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Advertising of prescription drugs should be illegal. |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. I understand that pharma should have the right to advertise |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. There are lots of examples |
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