It should be "fair and balanced". Along with happy smiling people in the TV ads make pharma show compelling videos of side effects like depression, runing sores, blindness, constipation, incontenence and believeing Trump was a success at anything.
I’ve written a piece called Cuckoo for Opioids but I honestly don’t think what the drug makers are pitching is exactly the same as sugary cereal. False claims can cause Pharma advertisers billions in fines. The other country that permits DTC drug ads is New Zealand. In countries where it’s not permitted doctors tend to be more officious and there’s less shared decision-making with patients. It’s more complicated than it might appear. Kellogg and Graham both ran 19th century wellness farms specializing in hysteria in women and nervous waste in men.
I have heard for many years that the USA is only one of two or three industrialized nations that allow prescription drugs to advertise on television. Same with kids' breakfast cereals. Do we really want kids to munch down on sugary snacks like Cap'n Crunch and Count Chocula? Apparently so, which shows in the obesity levels in the general population and children in particular. I remember seeing "The Road To Wellville" years ago, where Anthony Hopkins portrayed John Harvey Kellogg. It's not totally historically accurate, of course, but it does poke great fun at some of the ridiculous health claims from the past. Remember when "8 out of ten doctors recommend smoking Camel cigarettes"? I do think that regulating television commercials isn't the worst idea. On the other hand, young people don't watch TV anymore, it's a dying medium... And the Internet ads are filled with so many con jobs and scams... If I was President, I would probably do a lot more than just cut off Big Pharma advertising, I would go after all theses scams that rob sick and poor people and overcharge for medications.
It should be "fair and balanced". Along with happy smiling people in the TV ads make pharma show compelling videos of side effects like depression, runing sores, blindness, constipation, incontenence and believeing Trump was a success at anything.
pretty damn scary Jeff!
An apple a day keeps RFK away. 🍎
I’ve written a piece called Cuckoo for Opioids but I honestly don’t think what the drug makers are pitching is exactly the same as sugary cereal. False claims can cause Pharma advertisers billions in fines. The other country that permits DTC drug ads is New Zealand. In countries where it’s not permitted doctors tend to be more officious and there’s less shared decision-making with patients. It’s more complicated than it might appear. Kellogg and Graham both ran 19th century wellness farms specializing in hysteria in women and nervous waste in men.
I have heard for many years that the USA is only one of two or three industrialized nations that allow prescription drugs to advertise on television. Same with kids' breakfast cereals. Do we really want kids to munch down on sugary snacks like Cap'n Crunch and Count Chocula? Apparently so, which shows in the obesity levels in the general population and children in particular. I remember seeing "The Road To Wellville" years ago, where Anthony Hopkins portrayed John Harvey Kellogg. It's not totally historically accurate, of course, but it does poke great fun at some of the ridiculous health claims from the past. Remember when "8 out of ten doctors recommend smoking Camel cigarettes"? I do think that regulating television commercials isn't the worst idea. On the other hand, young people don't watch TV anymore, it's a dying medium... And the Internet ads are filled with so many con jobs and scams... If I was President, I would probably do a lot more than just cut off Big Pharma advertising, I would go after all theses scams that rob sick and poor people and overcharge for medications.
Would that be a bad thing?