Drugged America
I just spent a few days in Central Pennsylvania. The other night I watched some TV in the motel and saw ad after ad for drugs drugs drugs. I swear I heard lymphoma on the list of side effects for one of them. Don't worry though....respondents reported that side effects were mostly not severe enough to stop them from taking the drug. There were drugs advertised for afflictions I didn't know existed. I was overwhelmed by the number of them. Is this a normal thing?
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Yes, completely normal advertidsing to hear/see any time of the day. It's shocking. It inspires people to hear a symptom, then ask their doctor to give them a drug. People seem to take the drugs no matter what the side affects may be. We have some of these commercials in Canada, but not very many.
Food producers should get together and advertize like dairy companies do, listing the advantages of brocoli, flax seed oil. The thing is people who want to prevent ailments, are already hip to that shit. It would be preaching to the chorus.
99% of every ailment, including arthritis& heart disease is malnutrition based. Evena strong immune system can fight off some viruses.
Doctors are uneducated and money grubbing to the pharmecutical companies.
In Amweridica the drug companies control lots of politicians who are in bed with the mainstream media powerhouses that tell people what they need! Many times the people tell their doctor what is needed........?????
That's crazy! The world has become crazy about drugs. What did we do before they existed?
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I am always stunned when watching US t.v. at the ads for drugs. I'm glad we have laws up here that prohibit this type of thing, though some companies are getting sly about it I see. It's a bad idea to encourage people to ask a doctor for a drug they've seen on TV - but they have a for-profit system down there so it's all about making money, not helping people.
The ones that bug me the most are the ones that don't even tell you what they are supposed to cure. There was one for "the little purple pill" that to this day I'm not sure whether it was for heartburn or erectile dysfuntion.
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