How about banning them entirely.
IIRC, only a handful of countries in the world allow them for prescription meds. They should be gone.
US and New Zealand
Yeah what do they need ads for? If I have what they are claiming to cure I’ll go looking for them or my doctor can tell me.
The people dont need them. There’s no way in hell the internet sites or modern apps or current TVor radio stations will give them up though. It’s a major source of funding for them
Has anyone ever asked their doctor about what Flornazix can do for you or whatever?
That would require anti-corruption measures like “don’t give money directly to lawmakers bank accounts”.
I traveled a lot, and I mean A LOT in late 90s to 2010s. And wow does it scare me how often the ads here in the usa are preying on the minds of people who are (or worse, want to be) sick. Only worse, is your doctor is being paid for putting you on it too. Italy, France, UK, all places I frequented and none of them have had adverts that I’ve ever seen for prescription medications.
None of them have them because they’re only legal in the U.S. and New Zealand.
People want to be sick? What?
If you watch these commercials, they play to your inner voice who is always asking “shit, is that weird thing on my body… cancer!?!?!?”. So now you’re off to the doc to describe the same symptoms you think you’ve had based on the TV ads warning you to see your doctor. Doc runs some tests and then they’re prescribing preventitall, the latest drug that cures it all.
There are people out there that just want to be sick, or close enough. My Ex was that way in a sense, it gave her attention. A cold was A MAJOR LIFE EVENT… and the fact I didn’t give her 150% of my attention was so annoying. She was dying of course, always dying. Sigh, I don’t miss her.
There is a difference between wanting to be sick and being paranoid and afraid of being sick. No one wants to be sick.
Hypochondriacs.
Huh? Those people are afraid of being sick. They are paranoid. That’s an extreme difference than wanting to be sick.
