Is it normal that i get so annoyed at pharmaceutical commercials?

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Just about whenever commercials come on the TV, there is some commercial for some pharmaceutical. I don't give a shit about stellara, xarelto, cialis, etc. These commercials are insulting people's intelligence because it shows people happy, attractive, enjoying life on vacations and what not. What's annoying to me is that if you take these synthetic conconctions, they are way too expensive, so you're not going to have money to go on vacations as easily, you're most likely won't be as attractive because they're poisons that eat away at you little by little (when herbs can heal you a lot cheaper and healthier). Also these commercials are so ubiquitous.

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  • dirtybirdy
    9 years ago

    This site has taught me that the US and I think New Zealand? are the only places that advertise pharmaceuticals to consumers.

    It's pretty funny to listen to all the side effects though. Ohhh, you have migranes? Well take this and let me know if you experience worse migraines, irregular heartbeats, dry mouth, shortness of breath, anal discharge, tremors, yellowing of the skin and/or eyes, a rash persisting for more that ten days, iritability, restlessness, nausea, back ache, weight gain, excessive sweating, impaired judgement, blurred vision, stroke, heart attack or death. There's more but the commercial is only 30 seconds so please be sure to request (maybe have an unmedicated person do it for you) our full library of books dedicated to side effects.

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    • RoseIsabella
      9 years ago

      Don't forget suicidal thoughts.
      ;-)

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    • dinz
      9 years ago

      Well, yeah we do get the occasional cough syrup advert and aspirin ad on television in New Zealand not too sure if this is what you consider them pharmaceuticals ads.

      One thing we do get here a lot. Ministry of Health advertisements - Telling us to stay healthy, exercise and what nots. I'm a little surprised they haven't reminded us to wipe our butts.

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      • dirtybirdy
        9 years ago

        Oh. No. I was wrong then. We have tons of prescription medication commercials. It's ridiculous.

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    • charli.m
      9 years ago

      This was so weird to me. We have nothing like this. It was non stop, too.

      Though the best ad I saw still goes to some foodstuff or whatever that had a stupid little jingle with the line "it's possibly nutritious".

      ...possibly? :/ and you think this is a selling point?? D:

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      • dirtybirdy
        9 years ago

        It's maddening. Even aside from those commercials, it's like almost a third of our tv is commercials. I forget what I'm watching most of the time because of the stinking ads!!! Blahhh!!! Frikkin 'Mercans! Please don't hold it against us :(

        Now I want to hear the possibly nutritious jingle. Maybe it's just for them southerners though.

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        • charli.m
          9 years ago

          I think it was for bacon bowls. Doesn't sound incredibly nutritious to ne :/

          But I'm also not entirely sure what a bacon bowl IS :/ I'm assuming a bowl made out of bacon, but I'd really like to hope thst wasn't a thing :(

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    • Crusades|
      9 years ago

      Scientists have documented cases of patients using certain kinds of antibiotics and experienced side effects such as faggotry and sissiness.

      The antibiotics are believed to be related to or produced by liberal pharmaceutical industries.

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  • dinz
    9 years ago

    I love how much of these ads end with

    "If symptoms persist please see your doctor"

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  • Dulse.
    9 years ago

    Side effects include excessive death, impaired weight gain, and blurred heart.

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    I can't get over the frightening list of side-effects these medications have. It's like they try to cover it up and excuse it by showing "happy", "healthy", people enjoying their life. I don't know how anyone could be happy with those side-effects. These things really don't belong in people's bodies, they're too dangerous.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      it's called, 'marketing'. exactly my point that commercials are hella annoying.

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      • Avant-Garde
        9 years ago

        It's also called "Greed". The only thing they care about is money and the pharmaceutical industry is very profitable. If they cared about people's health, these medications wouldn't be approved with so many dangerous side-effects.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          9 years ago

          Ah, you are correct. However, there was a power that set it up this way for a reason. There is a higher agenda at work here. Just like for example, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP is proven to have so many negative health effects, while at the same time the Bush administration had enacted the farm subsidies to help that along. New World Order? Think about what their prime agenda is....

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  • disthing
    9 years ago

    In the UK, we have ads for cough syrup, antihistamines, cold 'remedies' and the like.

    But that's only over-the-counter stuff, nothing you need a prescription for, nothing 'hard' or particularly addictive.

    And these adverts aren't that often, either; We get more ads about insurance comparison sites, shampoo ('with added nutra-super-proti-enhanca-califragilistic-exfoli-alidotious!'), sofa and kitchen companies ('Sale permanently on!') etc.

    So I don't share your feelings, but then I expect it's different here. Also, a lot of drugs are synthesised from naturally occurring substances, and sold in a concentrated form, so you saying 'herbs heal a lot cheaper and healthier' is misleading. Antibiotics are the perfect example of pharmaceutical companies taking naturally occurring substances and turning them into something that can be safely sold and used by the public to overcome many once-fatal ailments (among other non-fatal infections).

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    9 years ago

    theys a buncha thangs what drives me up a fuckin wall bout this shit but mostly;

    theys obnoxious butchery of the english alphabet for names like every name hasta has an x y z or q (without the u) and has some goofy pronounciation

    the commercials where im sposeta 'ask my doctor bout zyxkqxz'.
    why should i hasta ask my fuckin doctor? its my doctors job to be up to date on the latest treatment for whatever ailment im presentin. besides the doctors office is likely filled with various crap printed with zyxkqzx's unique oh so attractive logo
    and besides they prolly just paid to send the doctor on a fuckin vacation anyway

    or how bout how they owns the evenin news?

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    • charli.m
      9 years ago

      Hah :D yeah that was weird to me, too. Over here, we rely on our doctors knowing what medication we require.

      And we can buy generic, so fuck them trying to push a certain brand or whatever.

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  • runningwithscissors
    9 years ago

    I always wondered how life was for people after staring in a herpes commercial.

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