This One's Good For a Laugh - Ask Your Doctor For "Prolia"

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We've all heard those silly ads - "Talk to your doctor about adding (this drug) to the drugs you're already taking."
But the one I just saw is really amusing. Prolia is a drug that's advertised to strengthen your bones & prevent fractures - of course it's marketed to older people.
Besides the usual warnings about "Eczema & breathing troubles requiring hospitalization," it also says it causes Dental problems, Jaw Bone Fractures & Unusual Thigh Fractures."
Maybe it takes calcium from some places & moves it somewhere else.
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win231 said:
We've all heard those silly ads - "Talk to your doctor about adding (this drug) to the drugs you're already taking."
But the one I just saw is really amusing. Prolia is a drug that's advertised to strengthen your bones & prevent fractures - of course it's marketed to older people.
Besides the usual warnings about "Eczema & breathing troubles requiring hospitalization," it also says it causes Dental problems, Jaw Bone Fractures & Unusual Thigh Fractures."
Maybe it takes calcium from some places & moves it somewhere else.
:ROFLMAO:
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Yeah, that always struck me as odd: Strengthen your bones, while weakening your bones! Makes great sense, right?
 
win231 said:
We've all heard those silly ads - "Talk to your doctor about adding (this drug) to the drugs you're already taking."
But the one I just saw is really amusing. Prolia is a drug that's advertised to strengthen your bones & prevent fractures - of course it's marketed to older people.
Besides the usual warnings about "Eczema & breathing troubles requiring hospitalization," it also says it causes Dental problems, Jaw Bone Fractures & Unusual Thigh Fractures."
Maybe it takes calcium from some places & moves it somewhere else.
:ROFLMAO:
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In all those drug commercials, the symptoms always sound worse than the illness. I'll pass.
 

In the US, there are several tip off words that tell you you're getting ripped off. One is "helps". If an ad says this "helps" in doing X, Y and Z. You see that rock in the river over there, well that "helps' in digestion, it also "helps" in restoring hair. "Helps" is a legal term, which means there is absolutely no proof it works. You can't legally advertize that something works, when there's no proof it does. Using the term "helps" is a legal admission that there is no proof it works. Whatever it is that "helps", you get just as much "help" from that river rock. "Aids" is another form of "help". This aids in digestion, etc. And the words, "may" and "can" are self evident.
 
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Another good one: A drug company paid Sally Field a fortune to advertise another "Stronger-Bone" drug - "Boniva." Dr. Oz also recommended similar calcium supplements for women....no doubt he was also well paid for it; he'll endorse anything for money (green coffee beans for weight loss). A few years later, he apologized profusely for suggesting them because when taken in a pill (instead of in food), the calcium builds up in the arteries & causes blockages & heart attacks. He said he "felt terrible" about it & recommended against calcium supplements.
Yeah....that should help the people who died as a result.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
In the US, there are several tip off words that tell you you're getting ripped off. One is "helps". If an ad says this "helps" in doing X, Y and Z. You see that rock in the river over there, well that "helps' in digestion, it also "helps" in restoring hair. "Helps" is a legal term, which means there is absolutely no proof it works. You can't legally advertize that something works, when there's no proof it does. Using the term "helps" is a legal admission that there is no proof it works. Whatever it is that "helps", you get just as much "help" from that river rock. "Aids" is another form of "help". This aids in digestion, etc. And the words, "may" and "can" are self evident.
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Thanks! Great legal info. Most people don't think of such details.
 
Butterfly said:
Many docs herein the US really push those "bone strengthening" anti-osteoporosis drugs on post-memopausal women. My own doc suggested one of the infusion types for me. After doing my due diligence research, I said a big fat "NO." The risks seem to far outweigh any benefit.
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đź‘Ť Wise people don't automatically follow a professional's advice just because their name has lots of letters after it.
 
Good info Fuzz and 231-what burns my hinny is clebs hawking rx, , reverse mortgages,,,, anything for a buck
Don't they have enough money without demeaning themselves.
 
jerry r. garner said:
Good info Fuzz and 231-what burns my hinny is clebs hawking rx, , reverse mortgages,,,, anything for a buck
Don't they have enough money without demeaning themselves.
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Tom Selleck was very highly paid for that reassuring smile at the end of that Reverse Mortgage ad.
 
Drug companies offer lots of nice incentives to doctors to push their products, especially the newer ones. Gotta pay for those expensive ads.
 
rgp said:
Indeed...He slipped from my list of favorites when he came on the air with that one.
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It's probably hard to resist that big check - even when someone is already very wealthy. Before Tom Selleck, Henry Winkler did the reverse mortgage ad.
Just imagine the monthly bills of someone who lives that way - the houses & car payments alone amount to what a crowd of regular working people make in a year.
 

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