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kkmarie

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45. Never understood why

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 03:47 AM

Jun 14

Why would a company spend money on commercials to advertise a product that people can't buy!?

You can't just go to your doctor and say I have type 2 diabetes and I want Jardiance.
So how did advertising lead to increased consumer spending? Maybe OTC stuff but not prescription meds.
Boogles the mind

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Senators push for ban on drug ads, citing $5 billion in annual pharmaceutical spending [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 13 OP

Yeah about time Fullduplexxx Jun 13 #1

Yes indeed! Trust_Reality Jun 13 #7

What are ya talking? $1/2m. to a couple'a senators, 3Hotdogs Jun 13 #12

RFK Jr enid602 Jun 13 #2

RFK Jr as chairman of Children's Health Defence womanofthehills Jun 14 #44

RFK Jr enid602 Jun 14 #47

PLEASE pass this! I can't stand seeing a million pharma commercials. chowder66 Jun 13 #3

LOL BumRushDaShow Jun 13 #9

Yes! chowder66 Jun 13 #14

While they are at it cannabis_flower Jun 13 #18

Yes!!! Rhiannon12866 Jun 13 #39

Yes! Absolutely! And ditto! Seinan Sensei Jun 14 #40

My Father And I... GB_RN Jun 13 #21

I always love how they say don't take the drug, BlueKota Jun 13 #28

And . . . enid602 Jun 14 #48

🤣 BlueKota Jun 14 #53

All for this - who isn't tired of drug ads? walkingman Jun 13 #4

Big Pharm wasn't allowed to advertise directly to the public until 1997. sinkingfeeling Jun 13 #5

Indeed. I left the country for a decade LittleGirl Jun 13 #6

We Are One Of Only Two Countries... GB_RN Jun 13 #23

There are only 2 countrioes on the planet that allow Pharma to advertise prescription drugs. Bluetus Jun 13 #38

"I have type 2 diabetes, but I manage it well.." mac56 Jun 13 #8

DO NOT BidenRocks Jun 13 #13

I take Jardiance, and it helps me a lot Wednesdays Jun 13 #26

Diabetes The Musical! Dulcinea Jun 13 #37

I was about to say something similar. In many cases, it seems some of the side effects... the nelm Jun 14 #51

Even though insurance companies are the ones screaming for this Warpy Jun 13 #10

40 some years late irisblue Jun 13 #11

1997 speak easy Jun 13 #19

I apologize for my math. irisblue Jun 13 #30

It seems more like 50 years. speak easy Jun 13 #31

Yeah, Seems Like 50 Years... ProfessorGAC Jun 14 #59

Druf for Everything These Days... OC375 Jun 13 #15

Won't go anywhere Bettie Jun 13 #16

yup Skittles Jun 13 #17

Big Pharma DENVERPOPS Jun 13 #25

Online gambling app advertising can make up the difference JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 13 #27

I have to think DENVERPOPS Jun 14 #57

Works for me Hekate Jun 13 #20

Long overdue. Thank you Senators Sanders and King! Raven123 Jun 13 #22

Hidden costs Iamscrewed Jun 13 #24

Having lived in Europe for 18 Years, where you don't see these types of ads... SKKY Jun 13 #29

And lets not forget the long list of "side effects" they include at the end of the commercial.... Xolodno Jun 13 #32

Please please pass this bill kimbutgar Jun 13 #33

SNL mac56 Jun 13 #34

I think the vast Majority of all ads I see lately are for drug ads!!I am watching one on msnbc right now!! riversedge Jun 13 #35

Good Figarosmom Jun 13 #36

In the eighties you couldn't advertise except in medical journals bedazzled Jun 14 #41

I adamantly agree... Woodycall Jun 14 #42

On the noon news where I live it's ad's from: Who_Me Jun 14 #43

Never understood why kkmarie Jun 14 #45

"You can't just go to your doctor and say I have type 2 diabetes and I want Jardiance." BumRushDaShow Jun 14 #50

I get the vaccines kkmarie Jun 15 #60

FDA has allowed "off label" use for certain products BumRushDaShow Jun 15 #62

Maybe if they just quit thowing more and more tax breaks at them ToxMarz Jun 14 #46

They dominate the airwaves and it is disgusting. People in UK were apalled when they saw Evolve Dammit Jun 14 #49

Look out 'cause here I come. Ineedamoment Jun 14 #52

They used to be illegal but it was part of saint ronnies attack on america, so they became allowed PSPS Jun 14 #54

It was enacted under Clinton though. BumRushDaShow Jun 14 #55

Nothing was "enacted" PSPS Jun 14 #56

"Nothing was "enacted"" BumRushDaShow Jun 14 #58

Now do Medicare Advantage advertising... travelingthrulife Jun 15 #61

Ask your doctor if universal healthcare is right for you ck4829 Jun 17 #63