Pharmaceutical T.V. Ads

[hollydolly]

It's against all Broadcasting advertising rules in the UK to promote or advertise prescription drugs.... they can promote generic meds, but that's where it stops...

 

[Sunny]

Makes sense.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Pharmaceutical television ads bother me no more than other ads, what bothers me is how automatic doctors today prescribe medications to their patients.

We live in a pill-popping world today, with a pill for everything.

 

[Irwin]

It's against all Broadcasting advertising rules in the UK to promote or advertise prescription drugs.... they can promote generic meds, but that's where it stops...

I wish we had those laws here, but I guess that would violate our 1st Amendment rights. Too bad there are no ad-blockers for TV.

 

[Sunny]

Well, at least we do have a mute button, Irwin. Mine gets plenty of use when watching network TV, which isn't too often these days, since Netflix and Prime came along.

 

[mrstime]

I'm not going to ask my doctor about any medication, she will put me on what ever she feels I need.